# Palm Oil Monitor Exclusive: Analysing the EU’s Scientific Report on Biofuels - Palm Oil Monitor

> Palm Oil Monitor critiques the European Commission's scientific report, which identified palm oil as the only feedstock posing a high indirect land use change risk. The author questions the report's rigour and notes its timing alongside an EU agreement to buy more US soybeans.

- Date: 2019-03-13 · published 2019-03-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60108-palm-oil-monitor-exclusive-analysing-the-eu-s-scientific-report-on-biofuels
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Scrutiny of the report's methodology could influence whether the palm oil restriction survives, which matters for palm oil demand and for soy oil's relative competitiveness.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: neutral
- PALMOIL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2019-04-29 | [Palm oil analyst raises 2019 Malaysia output forecast to 20m tonnes \| The Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59678-palm-oil-analyst-raises-2019-malaysia-output-forecast-to-20m-tonnes-the-star.md) | -7.8% | -7.9% |
| PALMOIL | 2025-12-24 | [Palm Oil Magazine - Palm Oil Production and Exports Strengthen in October 2025, Biodiesel Fuels Domestic Demand - Palm Oil Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15511-palm-oil-magazine-palm-oil-production-and-exports-strengthen-in-october-2025.md) | +0.2% | +2.4% |
| PALMOIL | 2023-09-28 | [The Netherlands largest EU importer of soy, palm oil and cocoa \| CBS](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34127-the-netherlands-largest-eu-importer-of-soy-palm-oil-and-cocoa-cbs.md) | -2.3% | -3.9% |
| PALMOIL | 2025-06-25 | [Palm Oil Magazine - Palm Oil Export Levies Hit Rp28 Trillion, Paving the Way for Sustainable Smallholder Empowerment - Palm Oil Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15557-palm-oil-magazine-palm-oil-export-levies-hit-rp28-trillion-paving-the-way-for.md) | +1.1% | +5.9% |
| PALMOIL | 2018-09-25 | [Deforestation-linked palm oil still finding its way into top consumer brands: report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62903-deforestation-linked-palm-oil-still-finding-its-way-into-top-consumer-brands.md) | -2.4% | -0.0% |
| SBO | 2019-03-11 | [How competitive is biofuel production in Brazil and the United States? – Analysis - IEA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59974-how-competitive-is-biofuel-production-in-brazil-and-the-united-states-analysis.md) | +0.1% | -0.8% |
| SBO | 2021-04-14 | [Palm unchanged on anticipation of higher production and exports - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47469-palm-unchanged-on-anticipation-of-higher-production-and-exports-markets.md) | +7.6% | +18.8% |
| SBO | 2021-03-08 | [US government to expand biofuels forecasts as renewable diesel sector grows - World - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48004-us-government-to-expand-biofuels-forecasts-as-renewable-diesel-sector-grows.md) | +9.1% | +10.7% |

## Sources

- palmoilmonitor.org: https://palmoilmonitor.org/2019/03/13/palm-oil-monitor-exclusive-analysing-the-eus-scientific-report-on-biofuels/

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