# Palm Oil News - The Problems (Malakama) in Palm Oil

> An InfoSAWIT commentary examines Indonesia's crude palm oil export levy, the Crude Palm Oil Supporting Fund, and the agency that manages it. It says the biodiesel incentive portion has been cut over time while smallholder fresh fruit bunch prices have seen little gain.

- Date: 2018-03-22 · published 2018-03-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Indonesia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65882-palm-oil-news-the-problems-malakama-in-palm-oil
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

The levy structure determines how much palm oil is diverted into domestic biodiesel versus exports, so changes to the incentive split affect palm oil supply and prices.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: neutral

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## Sources

- en.infosawit.com: https://www.en.infosawit.com/news/6628/the-problems--malakama--in-palm-oil

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