# Palm oil, EU remains confident despite Jakarta's complaint to WTO | AGENCE EUROPE

> Indonesia requested WTO dispute consultations on 9 December over EU Renewable Energy Directive measures that limit palm oil use in biodiesel. The European Commission said it is confident its measures comply with WTO obligations and will defend them.

- Date: 2019-12-15 · published 2019-12-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region EU · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/55612-palm-oil-eu-remains-confident-despite-jakarta-s-complaint-to-wto-agence-europe
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

The dispute targets EU limits on palm oil in biodiesel by 2030, so an adverse outcome or escalation would affect palm oil demand, while the EU's stance keeps the restriction in place for now.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2019-04-15 | [At WTO, main palm oil producers tell EU to suspend biofuel sustainability measure \| AGENCE EUROPE](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59611-at-wto-main-palm-oil-producers-tell-eu-to-suspend-biofuel-sustainability.md) | +0.1% | -9.1% |
| PALMOIL | 2021-05-28 | [Malaysia to escalate EU palm oil dispute at WTO \| Malay Mail](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46981-malaysia-to-escalate-eu-palm-oil-dispute-at-wto-malay-mail.md) | -1.7% | -12.4% |
| PALMOIL | 2025-01-10 | [EU palm oil imports continue to decline](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26537-eu-palm-oil-imports-continue-to-decline.md) | +0.7% | +5.3% |
| PALMOIL | 2020-09-17 | [Indonesia's palm oil sector relies on domestic demand as exports drop - Business - The Jakarta Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51007-indonesia-s-palm-oil-sector-relies-on-domestic-demand-as-exports-drop-business.md) | +0.1% | +1.0% |
| PALMOIL | 2019-03-14 | [EU told not to table law against palm oil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59953-eu-told-not-to-table-law-against-palm-oil.md) | +1.5% | +2.8% |

## Sources

- agenceurope.eu: https://agenceurope.eu/en/bulletin/article/12391/19/palm-oil-eu-remains-confident-despite-jakartas-complaint-to-wto

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