# Palm Output Hit by Double Whammy of Floods and Scarce Labor - Bloomberg

> Heavy rain and thunderstorms have caused flash floods in major Malaysian palm oil states including Sabah, Sarawak, Johor, Pahang and Perak. Floods can prevent harvesting, leave fruit overripe and disrupt transport to mills, while a persistent shortage of harvest workers compounds the problem.

- Date: 2021-01-19 · published 2021-01-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Malaysia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/49234-palm-output-hit-by-double-whammy-of-floods-and-scarce-labor-bloomberg
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Lower harvest and fruit quality in Malaysia, the second-largest palm producer, tightens palm oil supply and supports prices. Vegetable oil buyers may face firmer costs.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2021-12-29 | [Palm Oil Bulls to Roar Into 2022 on Labor Crunch, La Nina Deluge - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43692-palm-oil-bulls-to-roar-into-2022-on-labor-crunch-la-nina-deluge-bloomberg.md) | +4.3% | +11.2% |
| PALMOIL | 2026-04-24 | [Below-Normal Monsoon May Hit Farm Output, Demand and Inflation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19700-below-normal-monsoon-may-hit-farm-output-demand-and-inflation.md) | -0.0% | -1.4% |
| PALMOIL | 2019-08-20 | [Indonesian planters see drought hitting palm oil output](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57678-indonesian-planters-see-drought-hitting-palm-oil-output.md) | +1.6% | +4.4% |
| PALMOIL | 2024-12-13 | [Exclusive: Heavy rains to hit Malaysian palm oil output again in December, says MPOB \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27041-exclusive-heavy-rains-to-hit-malaysian-palm-oil-output-again-in-december-says.md) | -3.6% | -12.0% |
| PALMOIL | 2020-10-13 | [Palm climbs for seventh day as Indonesia warns of La Nina hit - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50742-palm-climbs-for-seventh-day-as-indonesia-warns-of-la-nina-hit-markets-business.md) | -2.8% | +8.6% |

## Sources

- bloomberg.com: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-19/palm-oil-output-hit-by-double-whammy-of-floods-and-scarce-labor

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