# Palm oil treads water below recent highs, awaits clarity on Indonesia exports | Financial Post

> Malaysian palm oil futures held a tight range near 5,550 ringgit per tonne on Feb 3 while traders assessed Indonesia's new rule requiring producers to sell 20% of output domestically at fixed prices. The rule made palm the costliest of the three major edible oils, and FAO reported world food prices remained near 10-year highs.

- Date: 2022-02-04 · published 2022-02-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Indonesia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/42799-palm-oil-treads-water-below-recent-highs-awaits-clarity-on-indonesia-exports
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Indonesia's domestic sales mandate clouds crude palm oil export supply, which keeps vegetable oil prices supported and raises costs for feed fat buyers.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲
- PALMOIL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2022-04-22 | [Soyoil surges to record high as Indonesia bans palm oil exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14040-soyoil-surges-to-record-high-as-indonesia-bans-palm-oil-exports.md) | +1.1% | -2.1% |
| PALMOIL | 2025-04-08 | [Indonesia to adjust crude palm oil export tax, finance minister says](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15566-indonesia-to-adjust-crude-palm-oil-export-tax-finance-minister-says.md) | +0.7% | -4.1% |
| PALMOIL | 2026-05-26 | [Indonesia announces state body to oversee palm oil exports; market seeks clarity on implementation - Fastmarkets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19374-indonesia-announces-state-body-to-oversee-palm-oil-exports-market-seeks-clarity.md) | +0.4% | -1.6% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-01-18 | [Indonesia to require palm oil export permits \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15848-indonesia-to-require-palm-oil-export-permits-reuters.md) | +2.6% | +10.9% |
| PALMOIL | 2026-05-26 | [Oil palm fruit left to rot as Indonesia export revamp hits farmers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19378-oil-palm-fruit-left-to-rot-as-indonesia-export-revamp-hits-farmers.md) | +0.4% | -1.6% |
| SBO | 2022-04-22 | [Soyoil surges to record high as Indonesia bans palm oil exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14040-soyoil-surges-to-record-high-as-indonesia-bans-palm-oil-exports.md) | +3.2% | -4.4% |
| SBO | 2022-04-28 | [Soy oil soars to record as Indonesia expands palm export ban](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41929-soy-oil-soars-to-record-as-indonesia-expands-palm-export-ban.md) | -2.7% | -7.3% |
| SBO | 2022-02-01 | [Edible oil markets rally as Indonesia limits palm oil exports - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8092-edible-oil-markets-rally-as-indonesia-limits-palm-oil-exports-grain-central.md) | +1.1% | +8.8% |

## Sources

- financialpost.com: https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/palm-oil-treads-water-below-recent-highs-awaits-clarity-on-indonesia-exports

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