# Laman Web Rasmi KPK - PALM OIL: Export levy to balance the CPO price rally

> Malaysia reimposed a crude palm oil export levy of 5% for January buying, the first since August 2019, after a long suspension. Analysts said inventories had fallen and prices were firming on fundamentals and sentiment.

- Date: 2020-01-06 · published 2020-01-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Malaysia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54956-laman-web-rasmi-kpk-palm-oil-export-levy-to-balance-the-cpo-price-rally
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

A export levy raises the Malaysian export price relative to Indonesia, which has no CPO export tax, so it can shift export flows and support palm prices while narrowing Malaysia's competitiveness.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2019-12-18 | [Export levy to balance the CPO price rally](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55459-export-levy-to-balance-the-cpo-price-rally.md) | +0.4% | +5.9% |
| PALMOIL | 2025-08-01 | [Palm Oil News - CPO Reference Price for August 2025 Rises to US$ 910.91 per Ton, Export Levy Reaches US$ 91.09 per Ton](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15540-palm-oil-news-cpo-reference-price-for-august-2025-rises-to-us-910-91-per-ton.md) | +1.5% | +5.3% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-03-17 | [Indonesia makes U-turn to replace palm oil export curbs with levy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15834-indonesia-makes-u-turn-to-replace-palm-oil-export-curbs-with-levy.md) | -0.2% | -6.7% |
| PALMOIL | 2024-12-19 | [Indonesia to hike crude palm oil export levy to 10pct](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15595-indonesia-to-hike-crude-palm-oil-export-levy-to-10pct.md) | -0.1% | -11.2% |
| PALMOIL | 2026-02-01 | [Palm Oil Magazine - Indonesia Raises February CPO Reference Price, Export Duty and Levy Increase - Palm Oil Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15492-palm-oil-magazine-indonesia-raises-february-cpo-reference-price-export-duty-and.md) | +3.3% | +4.0% |

## Sources

- kpk.gov.my: https://www.kpk.gov.my/kpk/en/tag-keratan-akhbar-mpi/news-palm-oil-2019/palm-oil-export-levy-to-balance-the-cpo-price-rally

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