# Palm oil logs sharpest monthly loss in seven months - Markets - Business Recorder

> Malaysian palm oil futures posted their biggest monthly decline since September, with the July contract closing down 2.95% at 3,353 ringgit a tonne. Indonesia said it will cut its mandatory domestic sales threshold to 300,000 tonnes a month from May, allowing more exports, and Malaysian exports in April 1-20 fell 20.3%.

- Date: 2023-04-28 · published 2023-04-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Indonesia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/4381-palm-oil-logs-sharpest-monthly-loss-in-seven-months-markets-business-recorder
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Indonesia's looser domestic sales rule adds export supply to a market already facing weak demand, which pushes palm prices lower and weighs on competing vegetable oils.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bearish ▼
- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2023-04-30 | 1 | -11.4% | -13.4 | Palm oil's sharpest monthly loss and a 2.95% drop to 3,353 ringgit on April 28 came as Indonesia cut its domestic sales threshold to allow more exports, adding supply, while Malaysian exports were weak (April 1-20 down 20.3%). |
| PALMOIL | 2023-05-01 | 1 | -11.4% | -12.3 | Indonesia's cut of its domestic sales threshold to 300,000 t/month from May frees more export supply, and the sharpest monthly loss plus weak Malaysian exports reinforced the selling pressure. |
| SBO | 2023-05-01 | 1 | -3.0% | -3.0 | Palm oil's biggest monthly loss in seven months and Indonesia's lower domestic sales threshold (allowing more exports) set a bearish vegoil tone going into May 1. |

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2023-04-28 | [Palm oil slumps to over 6-month low - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4387-palm-oil-slumps-to-over-6-month-low-markets-business-recorder.md) | -9.7% | -7.7% |
| PALMOIL | 2025-01-02 | [Palm oil ends lower after news on Indonesia’s B40 delay - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5046-palm-oil-ends-lower-after-news-on-indonesia-s-b40-delay-markets-business.md) | -10.6% | -10.3% |
| PALMOIL | 2021-06-14 | [Palm extends fall to hit over 4-month low on cheaper US soyoil - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10807-palm-extends-fall-to-hit-over-4-month-low-on-cheaper-us-soyoil-markets-business.md) | -3.6% | +0.1% |
| PALMOIL | 2023-06-22 | [Palm extends losses over soybean oil and lower US biofuel mandate - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35581-palm-extends-losses-over-soybean-oil-and-lower-us-biofuel-mandate-markets.md) | +0.5% | +13.6% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-06-10 | [Palm flops to two-month closing low as Indonesia eases export rules - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41051-palm-flops-to-two-month-closing-low-as-indonesia-eases-export-rules-markets.md) | -6.3% | -32.4% |
| SBO | 2023-04-28 | [Palm oil slumps to over 6-month low - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4387-palm-oil-slumps-to-over-6-month-low-markets-business-recorder.md) | -1.7% | -8.4% |
| SBO | 2021-08-25 | [Palm oil falls - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45655-palm-oil-falls-markets-business-recorder.md) | -1.4% | -5.7% |
| SBO | 2021-06-14 | [Palm extends fall to hit over 4-month low on cheaper US soyoil - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10807-palm-extends-fall-to-hit-over-4-month-low-on-cheaper-us-soyoil-markets-business.md) | -10.4% | -11.7% |

## Sources

- brecorder.com: https://www.brecorder.com/news/40239383

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