# Playing palm oil politics ahead of Malaysia’s elections

> An analysis piece examines how palm oil policy is being used in Malaysia's political contest ahead of its elections. It focuses on the government's palm oil measures and the politics around them. The article does not report a new market event.

- Date: 2018-04-26 · published 2018-04-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Malaysia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65417-playing-palm-oil-politics-ahead-of-malaysia-s-elections
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Election-driven palm oil policy can shift export taxes and biofuel mandates, which affects palm oil supply and price over time. For now the effect on prices is limited.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2020-03-09 | [Palm oil players to keep an eye on new ministry’s policy - Focus Malaysia](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54017-palm-oil-players-to-keep-an-eye-on-new-ministry-s-policy-focus-malaysia.md) | -6.5% | -12.1% |
| PALMOIL | 2023-08-01 | [An EUDR FAQ; Big Questions Ahead of the Task Force Meeting - Palm Oil Monitor](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34611-an-eudr-faq-big-questions-ahead-of-the-task-force-meeting-palm-oil-monitor.md) | -2.8% | -3.1% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-02-09 | [Palm Oil News - Some Malaysia’s Companies Get Impacts of 20% DMO](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15842-palm-oil-news-some-malaysia-s-companies-get-impacts-of-20-dmo.md) | +2.1% | +24.7% |
| PALMOIL | 2019-07-30 | [Malaysia to replace Indonesia as top palm oil supplier to India \| FMT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6471-malaysia-to-replace-indonesia-as-top-palm-oil-supplier-to-india-fmt.md) | +4.2% | +8.6% |
| PALMOIL | 2024-08-21 | [Malaysia keeps September crude palm oil export duty at 8%](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15627-malaysia-keeps-september-crude-palm-oil-export-duty-at-8.md) | +1.7% | +6.5% |

## Sources

- eastasiaforum.org: https://eastasiaforum.org/2018/04/26/playing-palm-oil-politics-ahead-of-malaysias-elections/

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