# Indonesia Imposes Biodiesel Program to Fight Smear Campaign Against Palm Oil in EU

> Malaysia will take legal action at the World Trade Organization against EU restrictions on palm oil-based biofuels, calling the policy discriminatory. The dispute targets the EU's phase-out of palm-based biofuel use for transport.

- Date: 2020-07-13 · published 2020-07-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Malaysia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/51976-indonesia-imposes-biodiesel-program-to-fight-smear-campaign-against-palm-oil-in
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

The dispute adds uncertainty to Malaysian palm oil export access to the EU, a key market for biofuel feedstock, which is mildly bearish for demand outlook but may not change near-term flows.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2019-07-25 | [EU plans to impose import duties on Indonesia biodiesel \| The Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57980-eu-plans-to-impose-import-duties-on-indonesia-biodiesel-the-star.md) | +0.2% | +8.1% |
| PALMOIL | 2023-08-17 | [EU starts probe on Indonesian biodiesel avoiding import duties](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15710-eu-starts-probe-on-indonesian-biodiesel-avoiding-import-duties.md) | +0.1% | -1.3% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-07-20 | [Indonesia’s palm oil exports set to soar 60% in price blow \| FMT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40582-indonesia-s-palm-oil-exports-set-to-soar-60-in-price-blow-fmt.md) | -0.4% | +3.9% |
| PALMOIL | 2019-08-07 | [EU imposes duties of up to 18 percent on Indonesian biodiese - Business - The Jakarta Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57463-eu-imposes-duties-of-up-to-18-percent-on-indonesian-biodiese-business-the.md) | +3.7% | +3.5% |
| PALMOIL | 2023-08-26 | [EU to investigate alleged Indonesian biodiesel import tax evasion - Fastmarkets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15712-eu-to-investigate-alleged-indonesian-biodiesel-import-tax-evasion-fastmarkets.md) | +4.7% | -3.2% |

## Sources

- go.kompas.com: https://go.kompas.com/read/2020/07/13/211556974/indonesia-imposes-biodiesel-program-to-fight-smear-campaign-against-palm-oil-in

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