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Indonesia will keep its crude palm oil export tax at zero for May, the thirteenth month in a row, because reference prices are below the $750 per tonne threshold. The cocoa export tax will stay at 5% for a second month.
The trade ministry announced the decision on Thursday.
A zero CPO export tax keeps Indonesian palm oil competitive in export markets, supporting steady supply flows. The unchanged decision is expected to have little effect on prices.
thestar.com.myThe Star OnlineApr 26, 2018After 513 past neutral policy events, Palm Oil moved a median 0.0% over 5 sessions (50% higher; middle half -1.6% to +1.4%), and -0.1% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
