# Palm oil inventories at 18-month high - The Malaysian Reserve

> Malaysian palm oil inventories were estimated to have risen 12% in August to two million tonnes, an 18-month high, according to a Bloomberg survey. Production outpaced overseas sales, and the official MPOB data was due September 11.

- Date: 2017-09-05 · published 2017-09-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Malaysia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/69055-palm-oil-inventories-at-18-month-high-the-malaysian-reserve
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Rising stockpiles signal ample supply relative to demand, which is bearish for palm oil prices. Buyers in India and China would need to step up purchases to absorb the surplus.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2025-08-04 | [Palm oil reserves in Malaysia seen surging to 19-month high \| The Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12122-palm-oil-reserves-in-malaysia-seen-surging-to-19-month-high-the-star.md) | +1.2% | +4.7% |
| PALMOIL | 2023-12-07 | [Malaysia: Palm oil reserves seen rising to four-year high](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32805-malaysia-palm-oil-reserves-seen-rising-to-four-year-high.md) | -1.2% | -1.5% |
| PALMOIL | 2017-10-04 | [Malaysia palm oil stocks seen rising to 19-month high - The Business Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5638-malaysia-palm-oil-stocks-seen-rising-to-19-month-high-the-business-times.md) | +0.9% | +2.8% |
| PALMOIL | 2024-09-11 | [Malaysia’s palm oil stocks hit six-month high in August as output surges — MPOB – MPOC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28395-malaysia-s-palm-oil-stocks-hit-six-month-high-in-august-as-output-surges-mpob.md) | -0.5% | +11.7% |
| PALMOIL | 2019-04-29 | [Malaysian palm oil output likely to be higher in 2019  - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6147-malaysian-palm-oil-output-likely-to-be-higher-in-2019-the-hindubusinessline.md) | -7.8% | -7.9% |

## Sources

- themalaysianreserve.com: https://themalaysianreserve.com/2017/09/06/palm-oil-inventories-18-month-high/

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