# Vegetable oil prices hit all-time high over supply concerns: FAO | Food Dive

> The FAO Food Price Index rose to an 11-year high in January, led by its Vegetable Oils Price Index, which rose 4.2% to an all-time high. Palm oil gained on Indonesian supply concerns, while soy, sunflower and rapeseed oil prices also rose on tighter supplies.

- Date: 2022-02-03 · published 2022-02-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/8088-vegetable-oil-prices-hit-all-time-high-over-supply-concerns-fao-food-dive
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Broad-based vegetable oil strength signals tight global edible oil supply, raising feedstock costs for feed and food processors. Higher oil prices also tend to tighten the oilseed meal balance.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲
- SOY: bullish ▲
- PALMOIL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2025-07-07 | [FAO Food Price Index up slightly in June due to higher meat, dairy and vegetable oil prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23812-fao-food-price-index-up-slightly-in-june-due-to-higher-meat-dairy-and-vegetable.md) | +0.8% | +2.7% |
| PALMOIL | 2025-04-07 | [FAO Food Price Index up slightly in June due to higher meat, dairy and vegetable oil prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25227-fao-food-price-index-up-slightly-in-june-due-to-higher-meat-dairy-and-vegetable.md) | -2.5% | -6.2% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-04-08 | [Ukraine war drives international food prices to ‘new all-time high’ \| UN News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14496-ukraine-war-drives-international-food-prices-to-new-all-time-high-un-news.md) | +5.3% | +5.6% |
| PALMOIL | 2020-02-03 | [Tight supply to boost palm oil prices despite virus fear: Oil World \| Daily FT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4956-tight-supply-to-boost-palm-oil-prices-despite-virus-fear-oil-world-daily-ft.md) | -5.6% | -23.1% |
| PALMOIL | 2026-07-08 | [FAO Food Price Index edges up amid weather, energy and geopolitical concerns](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7339-fao-food-price-index-edges-up-amid-weather-energy-and-geopolitical-concerns.md) | +0.5% | +2.9% |
| SBO | 2025-04-07 | [FAO Food Price Index up slightly in June due to higher meat, dairy and vegetable oil prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25227-fao-food-price-index-up-slightly-in-june-due-to-higher-meat-dairy-and-vegetable.md) | +2.0% | +5.6% |
| SBO | 2025-07-07 | [FAO Food Price Index up slightly in June due to higher meat, dairy and vegetable oil prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23812-fao-food-price-index-up-slightly-in-june-due-to-higher-meat-dairy-and-vegetable.md) | +1.2% | +0.8% |
| SBO | 2022-04-08 | [Ukraine war drives international food prices to ‘new all-time high’ \| UN News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14496-ukraine-war-drives-international-food-prices-to-new-all-time-high-un-news.md) | -0.1% | +1.9% |

## Sources

- fooddive.com: https://www.fooddive.com/news/vegetable-oil-prices-hit-all-time-high-over-supply-concerns-fao/618298/

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