# Market Updates – Issue 1, 2018 |         Global Oil & Fats Business Online – gofbonline.com

> Malaysia's industry briefing for April 2018 reports China's ambassador saying China will not restrict Malaysian palm oil imports. Other items include an India import duty hike on palm oil, traceability rules for Malaysian CPO futures, and record Indian soybean imports.

- Date: 2018-04-26 · published 2018-04-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Malaysia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65605-market-updates-issue-1-2018-global-oil-and-fats-business-online-gofbonline-com
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Assurance of continued Chinese palm demand supports the export outlook, while India's higher duties cut into import demand for palm oil.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2017-03-03 | [Market Updates – Issue 1, 2017 \|         Global Oil & Fats Business Online – gofbonline.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71874-market-updates-issue-1-2017-global-oil-and-fats-business-online-gofbonline-com.md) | -0.7% | -2.4% |
| PALMOIL | 2019-08-20 | [Malaysia set to outpace Indonesian palm oil exports to India - Business - The Jakarta Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57466-malaysia-set-to-outpace-indonesian-palm-oil-exports-to-india-business-the.md) | +1.6% | +4.4% |
| PALMOIL | 2023-06-09 | [Palm Oil News - Here Are Four Strategies of PFMA to Face the Market Pressure in European Union](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15727-palm-oil-news-here-are-four-strategies-of-pfma-to-face-the-market-pressure-in.md) | +4.6% | +18.3% |
| PALMOIL | 2019-08-28 | [Singapore's palm-oil plays endure a sullen month - The Business Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57681-singapore-s-palm-oil-plays-endure-a-sullen-month-the-business-times.md) | -0.4% | +0.6% |
| PALMOIL | 2021-06-16 | [World Bio Market Insights WTO to review EU’s palm oil ban](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46598-world-bio-market-insights-wto-to-review-eu-s-palm-oil-ban.md) | -2.5% | +4.1% |

## Sources

- gofbonline.com: https://gofbonline.com/market-updates-issue-1-2018/

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