# Palm oil faces rising protectionism and national pressures - The Malaysian Reserve

> India doubled its import duty on crude palm oil from 7.5 per cent to 15 per cent and raised duties on soybean and sunflower oils from 12.5 to 17.5 per cent to support local oilseed farmers. The European Parliament also voted to ban vegetable oil in biofuels by 2020.

- Date: 2017-09-28 · published 2017-09-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region India · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/5642-palm-oil-faces-rising-protectionism-and-national-pressures-the-malaysian-reserve
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Higher Indian import duties and the EU biofuel ban cut key export outlets for palm and soy oils, which is bearish for prices and export demand.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bearish ▼
- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2026-07-01 | [Malaysian Palm Oil Exports to Face Pressure From Indonesian Push](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18906-malaysian-palm-oil-exports-to-face-pressure-from-indonesian-push.md) | +0.6% | +0.4% |
| PALMOIL | 2019-02-03 | [New policies needed to regulate palm oil production and price \| Malaysiakini](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6971-new-policies-needed-to-regulate-palm-oil-production-and-price-malaysiakini.md) | 0.0% | -6.2% |
| PALMOIL | 2025-11-03 | [Palm oil prices under pressure, other oils fall, shipping rates rise](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4445-palm-oil-prices-under-pressure-other-oils-fall-shipping-rates-rise.md) | -6.2% | -5.7% |
| PALMOIL | 2019-05-06 | [Malaysian palm oil price falls for 7th day on fresh Sino-US trade tension \| The Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6729-malaysian-palm-oil-price-falls-for-7th-day-on-fresh-sino-us-trade-tension-the.md) | -1.1% | -0.2% |
| PALMOIL | 2019-05-08 | [Malaysian palm oil price eases on trade war worries, ringgit strength \| The Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6730-malaysian-palm-oil-price-eases-on-trade-war-worries-ringgit-strength-the-star.md) | -1.3% | +0.2% |
| SBO | 2025-11-03 | [Palm oil prices under pressure, other oils fall, shipping rates rise](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4445-palm-oil-prices-under-pressure-other-oils-fall-shipping-rates-rise.md) | -0.7% | +4.3% |
| SBO | 2019-05-06 | [Malaysian palm oil price falls for 7th day on fresh Sino-US trade tension \| The Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6729-malaysian-palm-oil-price-falls-for-7th-day-on-fresh-sino-us-trade-tension-the.md) | -2.1% | +1.0% |
| SBO | 2025-04-08 | [Malaysian palm oil extends losses - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9625-malaysian-palm-oil-extends-losses-markets-business-recorder.md) | +2.0% | +5.2% |

## Sources

- themalaysianreserve.com: https://themalaysianreserve.com/2017/09/29/palm-oil-faces-rising-protectionism-national-pressures/

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