# Palm oil market to keep tallow rates in check  | The Land | NSW

> Australian tallow prices stabilised in August after months of decline, with 1pc FFA tallow averaging $680/t, up $35 on July but still $225/t below a year earlier. Prices for 4pc FFA tallow fell 25pc year on year and were 37pc below their February peak.

- Date: 2017-09-20 · published 2017-09-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/69061-palm-oil-market-to-keep-tallow-rates-in-check-the-land-nsw
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Lower palm oil prices and weak US biofuel demand have pressured tallow, a feed fat input; stabilising trade from China, Pakistan and Nigeria may limit further declines.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## Sources

- theland.com.au: https://www.theland.com.au/story/4937916/tallow-prices-steady-at-680t/

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