# Indonesia Palm Oil Exports to India Seen at Record on Demand - Bloomberg

> Indonesian palm and kernel oil shipments to India rose 32% to a record 7.6 million tonnes in 2017. GAPKI expects exports to climb further in 2018 despite higher Indian import duties.

- Date: 2018-02-04 · published 2018-02-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region India · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66571-indonesia-palm-oil-exports-to-india-seen-at-record-on-demand-bloomberg
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Strong Indian demand supports palm oil prices and absorbs Indonesian supply, tightening the vegetable oil balance that feed buyers compete in.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2026-02-03 | [Indonesia’s December palm oil exports reach 18-month high](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20697-indonesia-s-december-palm-oil-exports-reach-18-month-high.md) | -1.2% | -0.7% |
| PALMOIL | 2021-10-07 | [Indonesia's Sep palm oil exports fall 33% on month as India, China favor Malaysia](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44662-indonesia-s-sep-palm-oil-exports-fall-33-on-month-as-india-china-favor-malaysia.md) | +2.3% | +4.6% |
| PALMOIL | 2020-09-20 | [Indonesia’s palm oil exports rise on higher shipments to China \| Air Freight News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51202-indonesia-s-palm-oil-exports-rise-on-higher-shipments-to-china-air-freight-news.md) | -3.1% | -2.9% |
| PALMOIL | 2021-07-06 | [Palm oil rises to near 4-week peak on strong Indian demand - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46161-palm-oil-rises-to-near-4-week-peak-on-strong-indian-demand-markets-business.md) | +1.4% | +6.4% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-04-28 | [Indonesia export ban traps 290,000 T of palm oil shipments for India  -trade](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41969-indonesia-export-ban-traps-290-000-t-of-palm-oil-shipments-for-india-trade.md) | +8.6% | -1.2% |

## Sources

- bloomberg.com: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-04/indonesia-palm-exports-to-india-seen-at-record-on-strong-demand

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