# What lies in store for Indonesian palm oil?

> Indonesia has not yet decided whether to cut the maximum allowable foreign equity in local plantation ventures from 95%, with a suggested 30% cap excluded from the recently passed plantations bill. Industry experts say the limit is still under consideration and could be set at no less than 51%.

- Date: 2026-11-03 · published 2026-11-03T15:15:46.782Z
- Category: policy · region Indonesia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/77961-what-lies-in-store-for-indonesian-palm-oil
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

A foreign equity cap would affect Malaysian planters operating in Indonesia and could shape future palm oil output and investment, a longer-term supply consideration with limited near-term price effect.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2019-05-27 | [Malaysia, Indonesia to talk on retaliatory moves for palm oil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58959-malaysia-indonesia-to-talk-on-retaliatory-moves-for-palm-oil.md) | -0.1% | -0.3% |
| PALMOIL | 2026-06-23 | [Indonesia palm oil export curbs: An open door for Malaysia?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15465-indonesia-palm-oil-export-curbs-an-open-door-for-malaysia.md) | -0.2% | -0.2% |
| PALMOIL | 2025-02-03 | [Indonesian palm oil smallholders and the EUDR: Impacts and ways forward - Fern](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26073-indonesian-palm-oil-smallholders-and-the-eudr-impacts-and-ways-forward-fern.md) | +3.6% | +3.5% |
| PALMOIL | 2026-06-26 | [Pakistan Asks Indonesia to Ease Export Levy on Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15466-pakistan-asks-indonesia-to-ease-export-levy-on-palm-oil.md) | -1.2% | +0.9% |
| PALMOIL | 2019-07-30 | [Malaysia to replace Indonesia as top palm oil supplier to India \| FMT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6471-malaysia-to-replace-indonesia-as-top-palm-oil-supplier-to-india-fmt.md) | +4.2% | +8.6% |

## Sources

- theedgemalaysia.com: https://theedgemalaysia.com/article/what-lies-store-indonesian-palm-oil

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