# Cpo prices expected to decline on mounting supply | Borneo Post Online

> Malaysian plantation consultants expect crude palm oil prices to fall about 12% in 2018 as inventories build in Malaysia and Indonesia. They cite the absence of weather extremes and a possible weak La Nina supporting strong supply growth, especially in the second half of the year.

- Date: 2018-01-09 · published 2018-01-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Malaysia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67073-cpo-prices-expected-to-decline-on-mounting-supply-borneo-post-online
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Rising palm oil stocks and expected output growth point to softer palm oil prices, and a weaker palm complex lowers costs for feed fats.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2017-03-09 | [Global palm oil output likely to increase by six mln tonnes — Expert \| Borneo Post Online](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72113-global-palm-oil-output-likely-to-increase-by-six-mln-tonnes-expert-borneo-post.md) | -1.8% | -5.3% |
| PALMOIL | 2017-06-03 | [Palm oil production to rise in Indonesia \| Borneo Post Online](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70368-palm-oil-production-to-rise-in-indonesia-borneo-post-online.md) | -1.0% | -1.1% |
| PALMOIL | 2020-07-31 | [Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah lead CPO production growth \| Borneo Post Online](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6796-peninsular-malaysia-sabah-lead-cpo-production-growth-borneo-post-online.md) | +10.1% | +8.5% |
| PALMOIL | 2024-06-12 | [CPO production projected to increase – MPOC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15640-cpo-production-projected-to-increase-mpoc.md) | -0.3% | +0.8% |
| PALMOIL | 2016-11-29 | [Fitch: Further CPO price rise to be constrained, despite rising biodiesel demand \| The Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10933-fitch-further-cpo-price-rise-to-be-constrained-despite-rising-biodiesel-demand.md) | +5.3% | +4.6% |

## Sources

- theborneopost.com: https://www.theborneopost.com/2018/01/10/cpo-prices-expected-to-decline-on-mounting-supply/

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