# Lower palm production not stopping upstream players | Borneo Post Online

> Malaysian upstream plantation earnings are expected to hold up despite seasonally lower palm production, according to HLIB Research. CPO and palm kernel prices rose 12.1% and 14.1% quarter on quarter, and 36.5% and 80.5% year on year, offsetting a 7.2% year-on-year drop in CPO output.

- Date: 2017-02-21 · published 2017-02-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Malaysia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72567-lower-palm-production-not-stopping-upstream-players-borneo-post-online
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Higher palm oil prices outweigh lower output for upstream producers, supporting the price outlook for palm oil, while narrower olein-CPO spreads squeeze downstream margins.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: bullish ▲

## Sources

- theborneopost.com: https://www.theborneopost.com/2017/02/22/lower-palm-production-not-stopping-upstream-players/

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