# Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 4th February 2019 - Palm Oil Monitor

> Palm Oil Monitor reports that the EU-ASEAN relationship has broken down over palm oil, with Malaysia and Indonesia backed by ASEAN allies. An EU-ASEAN ministerial ended in acrimony, and a Malaysia-EU partnership agreement was delayed.

- Date: 2019-02-04 · published 2019-02-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region EU · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60635-palm-oil-monitor-weekly-update-4th-february-2019-palm-oil-monitor
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Trade tension between the EU and major palm producers raises the risk of retaliation or tariffs, which would weigh on palm oil export flows and prices.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2018-05-22 | [Palm Oil Monitor – Weekly Update 22nd May 2018 - Palm Oil Monitor](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64891-palm-oil-monitor-weekly-update-22nd-may-2018-palm-oil-monitor.md) | +0.2% | -4.7% |
| PALMOIL | 2025-04-11 | [W14 2025: Palm Oil Weekly Update](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15572-w14-2025-palm-oil-weekly-update.md) | -0.6% | -5.1% |
| PALMOIL | 2018-04-28 | [Crude Palm Oil Weekly Report – April 28, 2018 \| Borneo Post Online](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6615-crude-palm-oil-weekly-report-april-28-2018-borneo-post-online.md) | -4.5% | -1.8% |
| PALMOIL | 2020-08-14 | [Palm oil logs 2.5 percent weekly fall - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51738-palm-oil-logs-2-5-percent-weekly-fall-markets-business-recorder.md) | +1.1% | +4.9% |
| PALMOIL | 2020-10-16 | [Palm oil clocks 1.4pc weekly fall as exports decline - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50741-palm-oil-clocks-1-4pc-weekly-fall-as-exports-decline-markets-business-recorder.md) | +0.6% | +14.1% |

## Sources

- palmoilmonitor.org: https://palmoilmonitor.org/2019/02/04/palm-oil-monitor-weekly-update-4th-february-2019/

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