# Drought cuts Malaysian palm oil production 6% in November  : The Daily Digest

> Malaysian palm oil output fell more than 6 percent in November to 1.57 million tonnes, above a Bloomberg survey estimate of a 3 percent drop. End-stocks rose to 1.66 million tonnes, less than expected, and exports fell 4 percent. Drought continued to affect oil palm trees.

- Date: 2016-12-15 · published 2016-12-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Malaysia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73574-drought-cuts-malaysian-palm-oil-production-6-in-november-the-daily-digest
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Lower output and tighter stocks support palm oil prices, which feed buyers use as a substitute in some rations. The smaller-than-expected stock build points to firmer supplies.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2019-10-22 | [Malaysian palm oil prices begin to strengthen on lower Q3 production  : The Daily Digest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56676-malaysian-palm-oil-prices-begin-to-strengthen-on-lower-q3-production-the-daily.md) | +1.3% | +16.9% |
| PALMOIL | 2026-07-01 | [El Niño impact on Malaysian and Indonesian palm oil production \| Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18907-el-nino-impact-on-malaysian-and-indonesian-palm-oil-production-report.md) | +0.6% | +0.4% |
| PALMOIL | 2026-09-02 | [El Niño to crimp Indonesian palm oil output, producer group says - MPOC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17547-el-nino-to-crimp-indonesian-palm-oil-output-producer-group-says-mpoc.md) | -0.5% | -4.3% |
| PALMOIL | 2026-08-28 | [El Niño to crimp Indonesian palm oil output, producer group says](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18012-el-nino-to-crimp-indonesian-palm-oil-output-producer-group-says.md) | +4.5% | +1.3% |
| PALMOIL | 2017-07-11 | [European biodiesel prices rise in line with higher rapeseed oil  : The Daily Digest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70057-european-biodiesel-prices-rise-in-line-with-higher-rapeseed-oil-the-daily-digest.md) | -1.2% | +0.6% |

## Sources

- biofuelsdigest.com: https://biofuelsdigest.com/drought-cuts-malaysian-palm-oil-production-6-in-november/

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