# Indonesia to challenge 'discriminative' EU directive on palm oil | GMA News Online

> Indonesia intends to challenge the EU's RED II renewable energy directive at the WTO, arguing it unfairly targets palm oil. Jakarta says palm oil will be labelled high risk in a delegated act due in early February and is reviewing ties with the EU. The EU accounted for about 15 percent of Indonesia's palm exports, worth over $15 billion last year.

- Date: 2019-01-31 · published 2019-01-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Indonesia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61119-indonesia-to-challenge-discriminative-eu-directive-on-palm-oil-gma-news-online
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

A WTO dispute and possible trade friction with the EU could disrupt palm oil flows to Europe and weigh on palm prices, while the high-risk label cuts EU biofuel demand.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2019-04-06 | [Indonesian Palm Oil Association Says EU Discriminatory](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59613-indonesian-palm-oil-association-says-eu-discriminatory.md) | -2.6% | -11.6% |
| PALMOIL | 2017-10-23 | [Malaysia urges France to reject EU resolution that discriminates palm oil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68519-malaysia-urges-france-to-reject-eu-resolution-that-discriminates-palm-oil.md) | +0.7% | +1.7% |
| PALMOIL | 2020-04-01 | [Indonesian palm oil exports to China drop by half in January: GAPKI](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54238-indonesian-palm-oil-exports-to-china-drop-by-half-in-january-gapki.md) | -3.5% | -7.7% |
| PALMOIL | 2025-09-24 | [Indonesia's palm oil exports to EU to climb on trade pact, regulatory reprieve \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22880-indonesia-s-palm-oil-exports-to-eu-to-climb-on-trade-pact-regulatory-reprieve.md) | +0.2% | +1.5% |
| PALMOIL | 2020-01-17 | [Govt to use diplomatic channel on India’s palm oil restriction](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54959-govt-to-use-diplomatic-channel-on-india-s-palm-oil-restriction.md) | -0.0% | -10.8% |

## Sources

- gmanetwork.com: https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/economy/683507/indonesia-to-challenge-discriminative-eu-directive-on-palm-oil/story/

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