# Indonesia keeps palm oil, cocoa beans export tax unchanged for Sept | The Star

> Indonesia kept its crude palm oil export tax at zero for September and its cocoa bean export tax at 5%. The trade ministry said the palm oil reference price is expected to stay below the $750 per tonne threshold.

- Date: 2018-08-27 · published 2018-08-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Indonesia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63402-indonesia-keeps-palm-oil-cocoa-beans-export-tax-unchanged-for-sept-the-star
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

A zero export tax keeps Indonesian palm oil competitively priced for export, which adds supply to global markets and limits upside in palm prices.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2026-01-16 | [Indonesia’s B50 delay opens short-term export window for Malaysian palm oil \| The Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15501-indonesia-s-b50-delay-opens-short-term-export-window-for-malaysian-palm-oil-the.md) | +2.3% | +5.7% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-05-24 | [Explainer: Indonesia's stop-start controls on palm oil exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15823-explainer-indonesia-s-stop-start-controls-on-palm-oil-exports.md) | +0.7% | -14.0% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-04-25 | [Crude palm oil excluded from Indonesia export ban](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41968-crude-palm-oil-excluded-from-indonesia-export-ban.md) | +1.2% | -1.7% |
| PALMOIL | 2018-11-27 | [Divided over Indonesian removal of levy on palm oil exports \| The Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61910-divided-over-indonesian-removal-of-levy-on-palm-oil-exports-the-star.md) | -1.1% | +2.6% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-08-25 | [SEA asks Indonesia to ensure stable policy for palm oil exports  - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15800-sea-asks-indonesia-to-ensure-stable-policy-for-palm-oil-exports-the.md) | -0.5% | -9.5% |

## Sources

- thestar.com.my: https://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2018/08/28/ndonesia-keeps-cpo-cocoa-beans-export-tax-unchanged-for-september/

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