# Regional Plantations - Maybank Kim Eng 2020-11-21: Indonesia’s Export Levy Conundrum Seen Hurting Upstream More | SG Investors.io

> Maybank Kim Eng says Indonesia is still deliberating a revision to its export levy, which would be progressive and tied to CPO prices. The physical market in Indonesia has already priced in the proposed levy since early November. The CPO fund that subsidises the B30 biodiesel mandate is nearly depleted by the wide palm-gasoil spread.

- Date: 2020-11-21 · published 2020-11-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Indonesia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/50047-regional-plantations-maybank-kim-eng-2020-11-21-indonesia-s-export-levy
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

A higher levy would squeeze upstream plantation margins and could shift export flows, while the subsidy shortfall shows the cost of sustaining biodiesel demand.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2020-12-04 | [Regional Plantations - Maybank Kim Eng 2020-12-04: Integrated Indonesian Players Better Off Than Indonesia Upstream Under Newly Approved Export Levy Structure \| SG Investors.io](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49526-regional-plantations-maybank-kim-eng-2020-12-04-integrated-indonesian-players.md) | +1.8% | +13.4% |
| PALMOIL | 2020-06-11 | [Regional Plantations - Maybank Kim Eng 2020-06-12: Indonesia Sending Positive Signal On Its B30 Commitment \| SG Investors.io](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52491-regional-plantations-maybank-kim-eng-2020-06-12-indonesia-sending-positive.md) | +0.5% | +1.8% |
| PALMOIL | 2020-12-07 | [Agribusiness - CGS-CIMB Research 2020-12-07: Potential Impact Of Indonesia’s Export Levy Revision \| SG Investors.io](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49525-agribusiness-cgs-cimb-research-2020-12-07-potential-impact-of-indonesia-s.md) | -0.8% | +10.8% |
| PALMOIL | 2026-03-07 | [Palm Oil Magazine - Indonesia Adjusts Palm Oil Export Levy to Strengthen Sustainable Plantations and Energy Self-Sufficiency - Palm Oil Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15487-palm-oil-magazine-indonesia-adjusts-palm-oil-export-levy-to-strengthen.md) | +3.6% | +8.6% |
| PALMOIL | 2019-05-03 | [Indonesia’s Biodiesel Exports Could Decline In 2019 Under EU Regulations](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58960-indonesia-s-biodiesel-exports-could-decline-in-2019-under-eu-regulations.md) | -1.4% | -0.6% |

## Sources

- research.sginvestors.io: https://research.sginvestors.io/2020/11/regional-plantations-maybank-kim-eng-research-2020-11-21.html

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