# Regional Plantations - Maybank Kim Eng 2018-11-27: A Possible Game Changer | SG Investors.io

> Maybank Kim Eng says Indonesia's proposed temporary removal of the palm oil levy will benefit Indonesian upstream planters and Malaysian exporters. Downstream Indonesian players are expected to lose out, and the broker keeps a neutral sector rating.

- Date: 2018-11-27 · published 2018-11-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Indonesia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61912-regional-plantations-maybank-kim-eng-2018-11-27-a-possible-game-changer-sg
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Lower Indonesian levy costs shift export share toward Indonesian and Malaysian producers, and the broker sees it as helping to reduce Malaysia's high stockpiles.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2018-12-06 | [Regional Plantations - Maybank Kim Eng 2018-12-06: Indonesia Sets New Threshold On Palm Oil Export Levy \| SG Investors.io](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61468-regional-plantations-maybank-kim-eng-2018-12-06-indonesia-sets-new-threshold-on.md) | -0.2% | +8.0% |
| PALMOIL | 2018-11-27 | [Agribusiness - CGS-CIMB Research 2018-11-27: Potential Impact Of Revision To Export Levy \| SG Investors.io](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61907-agribusiness-cgs-cimb-research-2018-11-27-potential-impact-of-revision-to.md) | -1.1% | +2.6% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-04-26 | [Plantation - Export ban excludes crude palm oil and RBD palm oil \| I3investor](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15827-plantation-export-ban-excludes-crude-palm-oil-and-rbd-palm-oil-i3investor.md) | +10.6% | -0.0% |
| PALMOIL | 2018-12-05 | [Agribusiness - CGS-CIMB Research 2018-12-05: The Finer Details On Indonesia's Export Levy \| SG Investors.io](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61472-agribusiness-cgs-cimb-research-2018-12-05-the-finer-details-on-indonesia-s.md) | -0.2% | +8.0% |
| PALMOIL | 2024-03-25 | [Deforestation Regulation: Impacts of a Possible Delay in Risk Classification of Countries and Other Recent Developments \| Insights \| Mayer Brown](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31221-deforestation-regulation-impacts-of-a-possible-delay-in-risk-classification-of.md) | +0.1% | -1.8% |

## Sources

- research.sginvestors.io: https://research.sginvestors.io/2018/12/regional-plantations-maybank-kim-eng-research-2018-11-27.html

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