# PORAM: Review Malaysia's CPO export duties to level playing field with Indonesia

> Palm Oil Refiners Association of Malaysia (Poram) called on Malaysia to review its crude palm oil export duty structure, which fluctuates monthly between 4.5% and 8.5%. Poram says a structural price gap of US$20-30 per tonne versus Indonesia is costing Malaysian refiners market share.

- Date: 2018-08-02 · published 2018-08-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Malaysia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63400-poram-review-malaysia-s-cpo-export-duties-to-level-playing-field-with-indonesia
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

A higher effective duty relative to Indonesia makes Malaysian refined palm products less competitive, which could shift export volumes and weigh on Malaysian palm prices relative to Indonesian supply.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: neutral
- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2026-10-20 | [CPO export tax waiver could help Malaysia regain market share from Indonesia](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15439-cpo-export-tax-waiver-could-help-malaysia-regain-market-share-from-indonesia.md) | -0.2% | — |
| PALMOIL | 2020-09-30 | [Indonesia resumes collecting palm oil export levies](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51006-indonesia-resumes-collecting-palm-oil-export-levies.md) | -2.4% | +1.7% |
| PALMOIL | 2018-06-14 | [EU new palm oil rule seen to be setting up clash with Malaysia, Indonesia](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64410-eu-new-palm-oil-rule-seen-to-be-setting-up-clash-with-malaysia-indonesia.md) | -1.2% | -6.6% |
| PALMOIL | 2018-11-26 | [Indonesia Adjusts Export Levies for CPO, Derivatives - The Insiders Stories](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61913-indonesia-adjusts-export-levies-for-cpo-derivatives-the-insiders-stories.md) | -0.5% | +2.0% |
| PALMOIL | 2023-02-02 | [Indonesia cuts 1H February palm export taxes, levies](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15753-indonesia-cuts-1h-february-palm-export-taxes-levies.md) | +3.1% | +6.5% |
| SBO | 2021-06-29 | [Indonesia Revises Palm Oil Export Levy While Safeguarding Biodiesel Funding - Media Biodiesel](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46455-indonesia-revises-palm-oil-export-levy-while-safeguarding-biodiesel-funding.md) | +1.1% | +3.5% |
| SBO | 2026-07-13 | [Malaysia poised to gain as Indonesia likely to cut palm oil exports, says MPOC \| Malay Mail](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15452-malaysia-poised-to-gain-as-indonesia-likely-to-cut-palm-oil-exports-says-mpoc.md) | +7.1% | +0.5% |
| SBO | 2019-10-16 | [Indonesia extends suspension of palm oil export levies](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56445-indonesia-extends-suspension-of-palm-oil-export-levies.md) | +1.5% | +2.1% |

## Sources

- nst.com.my: https://www.nst.com.my/business/2018/08/397101/poram-review-malaysias-cpo-export-duties-level-playing-field-indonesia

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