# Indonesia and Malaysia look to ‘kill’ Parliament’s palm oil ban

> Indonesia and Malaysia will send a joint mission to the EU to prevent implementation of the European Parliament's call to phase out vegetable-oil biofuels by 2020. The Parliament resolution also calls for a single certification scheme for sustainable palm oil.

- Date: 2017-04-11 · published 2017-04-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71391-indonesia-and-malaysia-look-to-kill-parliament-s-palm-oil-ban
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

If the phase-out is blocked, palm oil biofuel demand in Europe is preserved; if it proceeds, EU palm demand falls, which is bearish for prices.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2025-08-20 | [Malaysia and Indonesia move to be labeled “low-risk” for palm oil.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23345-malaysia-and-indonesia-move-to-be-labeled-low-risk-for-palm-oil.md) | -0.2% | +1.7% |
| PALMOIL | 2019-08-27 | [Palm oil: Indonesia and Malaysia push back as EU clamps down - Nikkei Asia](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57462-palm-oil-indonesia-and-malaysia-push-back-as-eu-clamps-down-nikkei-asia.md) | -1.2% | +0.3% |
| PALMOIL | 2016-12-04 | [Palm Oil News - EU: German Should not Import Palm oil from Malaysia and Indonesia](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73509-palm-oil-news-eu-german-should-not-import-palm-oil-from-malaysia-and-indonesia.md) | +0.8% | +1.9% |
| PALMOIL | 2019-04-09 | [Indonesia, Malaysia send letter protesting EU palm oil curbs](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59471-indonesia-malaysia-send-letter-protesting-eu-palm-oil-curbs.md) | -1.9% | -8.4% |
| PALMOIL | 2018-01-18 | [Indonesia, Malaysia condemn European move to limit palm oil use \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67074-indonesia-malaysia-condemn-european-move-to-limit-palm-oil-use-reuters.md) | +0.5% | -0.0% |

## Sources

- euractiv.com: https://www.euractiv.com/section/biofuels/news/indonesia-and-malaysia-look-to-kill-parliaments-palm-oil-ban/

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