# Cost structure still tough for palm oil players | Borneo Post Online

> Malaysian analysts say the local palm oil industry faces a tough cost structure, including MPOB cess, price stabilisation tax and windfall profit levies, plus sustainability certification costs. CPO prices fell from about RM2,400 to as low as RM2,100 per tonne during 2018, hurting producer performance.

- Date: 2018-12-26 · published 2018-12-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Malaysia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61663-cost-structure-still-tough-for-palm-oil-players-borneo-post-online
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

High domestic levies raise Malaysian production costs and reduce competitiveness against Indonesian palm and soybean oil, which can sustain pressure on palm oil prices.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2017-09-30 | [Crude Palm Oil Weekly Report – 30 September 2017 \| Borneo Post Online](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5639-crude-palm-oil-weekly-report-30-september-2017-borneo-post-online.md) | -2.5% | -1.5% |
| PALMOIL | 2017-11-02 | [MP: Most European countries against palm oil imports \| Borneo Post Online](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68003-mp-most-european-countries-against-palm-oil-imports-borneo-post-online.md) | -0.6% | -3.2% |
| PALMOIL | 2018-12-01 | [Crude Palm Oil Weekly Report – December 1, 2018 \| Borneo Post Online](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61664-crude-palm-oil-weekly-report-december-1-2018-borneo-post-online.md) | +0.3% | +7.6% |
| PALMOIL | 2017-04-04 | [MEPs call for stricter rules on palm oil \| Greens/EFA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71527-meps-call-for-stricter-rules-on-palm-oil-greens-efa.md) | -2.0% | -2.1% |
| PALMOIL | 2018-06-22 | [EU palm oil deal stirs controversy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64413-eu-palm-oil-deal-stirs-controversy.md) | +0.6% | -5.4% |

## Sources

- theborneopost.com: https://www.theborneopost.com/2018/12/27/cost-structure-still-tough-for-palm-oil-players/

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