# Malaysia: Export duty on crude palm oil reintroduced from May 2018 - Global Trade Alert

> Malaysia has announced it will reintroduce a crude palm oil export duty from May 2018, set at 5% for May. The duty had been suspended temporarily before that. The measure is listed as a certainly harmful intervention.

- Date: 2018-04-01 · published 2018-04-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Malaysia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65413-malaysia-export-duty-on-crude-palm-oil-reintroduced-from-may-2018-global-trade
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

An export duty lowers Malaysian CPO export competitiveness and tends to push domestic prices down and stocks up. This is bearish for palm oil prices and can shift export flows away from Malaysia.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2018-08-17 | [Malaysia: Temporary changes in export duty of crude palm oil (1 September 2018 to 28 February 2019) - Global Trade Alert](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63403-malaysia-temporary-changes-in-export-duty-of-crude-palm-oil-1-september-2018-to.md) | +0.1% | -0.3% |
| PALMOIL | 2024-05-29 | [Indonesia: Temporary changes in export duties of crude palm oil (29 May 2024) - Global Trade Alert](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15643-indonesia-temporary-changes-in-export-duties-of-crude-palm-oil-29-may-2024.md) | +1.5% | +1.1% |
| PALMOIL | 2023-05-12 | [Indonesia: Temporary changes in export duties of crude palm oil (12 May 2023) - Global Trade Alert](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15732-indonesia-temporary-changes-in-export-duties-of-crude-palm-oil-12-may-2023.md) | -2.6% | -8.9% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-10-14 | [Indonesia: Temporary changes in export duty of crude palm oil (14 October 2022) - Global Trade Alert](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15785-indonesia-temporary-changes-in-export-duty-of-crude-palm-oil-14-october-2022.md) | +5.0% | +14.0% |
| PALMOIL | 2024-02-27 | [Indonesia: Temporary changes in export duties of crude palm oil (27 February 2024) - Global Trade Alert](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15663-indonesia-temporary-changes-in-export-duties-of-crude-palm-oil-27-february-2024.md) | +2.3% | +9.3% |

## Sources

- globaltradealert.org: https://globaltradealert.org/state-act/31087-malaysia-export-duty-on-crude-palm-oil-reintroduced-from-may-2018/

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