# Palm oil clocks 1.4pc weekly fall as exports decline - Markets - Business Recorder

> Malaysian palm oil futures closed up 0.1% at 2,869 ringgit, a weekly loss of 1.4%, as October exports fell and demand from top buyer India weakened. India's September palm imports fell 27% year on year, while its soyoil purchases rose 28%. Rising Indonesian inventories and weaker biodiesel consumption also weighed on prices.

- Date: 2020-10-16 · published 2020-10-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/50741-palm-oil-clocks-1-4pc-weekly-fall-as-exports-decline-markets-business-recorder
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Weaker Indian palm demand and rising inventories add bearish pressure on palm oil prices. Shifts toward soyoil purchases by India redirect demand within the vegetable oil complex.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2020-08-14 | [Palm oil logs 2.5 percent weekly fall - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51738-palm-oil-logs-2-5-percent-weekly-fall-markets-business-recorder.md) | +1.1% | +4.9% |
| PALMOIL | 2021-05-31 | [Palm oil falls 2pc as export pace slows, Indonesia taxes weigh - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46982-palm-oil-falls-2pc-as-export-pace-slows-indonesia-taxes-weigh-markets-business.md) | -2.0% | -12.6% |
| PALMOIL | 2024-02-02 | [Palm falls 1% on India efforts to cut edible oil imports - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31765-palm-falls-1-on-india-efforts-to-cut-edible-oil-imports-markets-business.md) | +0.6% | +3.9% |
| PALMOIL | 2021-07-22 | [Palm oil ends lower tracking weaker soy prices, declining export pace - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46162-palm-oil-ends-lower-tracking-weaker-soy-prices-declining-export-pace-markets.md) | +1.4% | +6.9% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-09-22 | [Malaysia’s palm oil stocks could hit 3-1/2-year high as Indonesia boosts exports - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15791-malaysia-s-palm-oil-stocks-could-hit-3-1-2-year-high-as-indonesia-boosts.md) | -3.8% | -1.5% |

## Sources

- brecorder.com: https://www.brecorder.com/news/40026691

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