# Indonesia Set Export Levy for CPO at US$93/MT - The Insiders Stories

> Indonesia set its March crude palm oil export levy at $93 per tonne, based on a reference price of $1,036.22 per tonne, up 0.92% from February. Cocoa bean reference prices fell 1.51% over the same period.

- Date: 2021-03-01 · published 2021-03-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Indonesia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47983-indonesia-set-export-levy-for-cpo-at-us-93-mt-the-insiders-stories
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

A higher reference price and levy support Indonesia's biodiesel funding, while the levy raises the cost of Indonesian palm exports.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2021-01-04 | [Indonesia Set CPO Export Levy US$74 per MT for January - The Insiders Stories](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49040-indonesia-set-cpo-export-levy-us-74-per-mt-for-january-the-insiders-stories.md) | +10.0% | -0.2% |
| PALMOIL | 2024-12-24 | [Indonesia’s 10% levy could cause CPO exports to plummet \| The Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15598-indonesia-s-10-levy-could-cause-cpo-exports-to-plummet-the-star.md) | +0.1% | -10.6% |
| PALMOIL | 2025-12-31 | [Indonesia slightly lowers POME, UCO export levies as CPO dips](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15508-indonesia-slightly-lowers-pome-uco-export-levies-as-cpo-dips.md) | +0.5% | +3.2% |
| PALMOIL | 2025-01-02 | [Indonesian Gov't Told to Rethink CPO Export Levy Hike](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15592-indonesian-gov-t-told-to-rethink-cpo-export-levy-hike.md) | -10.6% | -10.3% |
| PALMOIL | 2025-02-01 | [Palm Oil Magazine - Indonesia's CPO Reference Price in February 2025 Decreases, Export Duty and Levy Set at US$ 195.66 per Ton - Palm Oil Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15584-palm-oil-magazine-indonesia-s-cpo-reference-price-in-february-2025-decreases.md) | +3.6% | +3.5% |

## Sources

- theinsiderstories.com: https://theinsiderstories.com/indonesia-set-export-levy-for-cpo-at-us93-mt/

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