# Palm Oil News - EU: German Should not Import Palm oil from Malaysia and Indonesia

> German Development Minister Gerd Müller called for banning palm oil imports produced unsustainably, tying this to the EU free trade talks with Indonesia and Malaysia. Amnesty International also reported labour abuses at multinational palm oil suppliers.

- Date: 2016-12-04 · published 2016-12-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73509-palm-oil-news-eu-german-should-not-import-palm-oil-from-malaysia-and-indonesia
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Proposed import restrictions and trade-agreement conditions on palm oil from Malaysia and Indonesia could reduce EU demand for their exports. The proposal is a political call without enacted policy.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2017-04-11 | [Indonesia and Malaysia look to ‘kill’ Parliament’s palm oil ban](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71391-indonesia-and-malaysia-look-to-kill-parliament-s-palm-oil-ban.md) | -1.8% | +2.1% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-04-25 | [Crude palm oil excluded from Indonesia export ban](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41968-crude-palm-oil-excluded-from-indonesia-export-ban.md) | +1.2% | -1.7% |
| PALMOIL | 2026-01-16 | [Indonesia’s B50 delay opens short-term export window for Malaysian palm oil \| The Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15501-indonesia-s-b50-delay-opens-short-term-export-window-for-malaysian-palm-oil-the.md) | +2.3% | +5.7% |
| PALMOIL | 2018-06-29 | [Malaysia, Indonesia should jointly repel EU pressure on palm: Mahathir](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64631-malaysia-indonesia-should-jointly-repel-eu-pressure-on-palm-mahathir.md) | -3.7% | -6.3% |

## Sources

- en.infosawit.com: https://www.en.infosawit.com/news/5184/eu--german-should-not-import-palm-oil-from-malaysia-and-indonesia

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