# Deputy Foreign Minister Highlights Europe's Double Standards on Palm Oil, Smallholder Farmers Most Affected

> Indonesian Deputy Foreign Minister Arif Havas Oegroseno, speaking at the Indonesia Palm Oil Conference 2026 in Bali, said international sustainability and due diligence rules are applied unequally to palm oil. He warned that these pressures burden millions of smallholder growers, who UNCTAD estimates number about 7 million and supply up to 40 percent of output.

- Date: 2026-11-13 · published 2026-11-14T00:16:52.721Z
- Category: policy · region Indonesia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/98649-deputy-foreign-minister-highlights-europe-s-double-standards-on-palm-oil
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Continued dispute over EU due diligence rules could raise compliance costs and add friction to palm oil exports to Europe, which can support palm oil prices. This is a policy position statement with no immediate supply change.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2019-05-24 | [Palm oil watchdog to create separate standards for smallholders - Indonesia director \| The Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59195-palm-oil-watchdog-to-create-separate-standards-for-smallholders-indonesia.md) | +0.6% | -0.1% |
| 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 | 2018-06-27 | [EU deferment allows adjustment on palm oil production standards](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64411-eu-deferment-allows-adjustment-on-palm-oil-production-standards.md) | -1.7% | -6.2% |
| PALMOIL | 2021-10-07 | [European Union considers measures to stop the sale of products from deforested land - October 2022 \| New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44588-european-union-considers-measures-to-stop-the-sale-of-products-from-deforested.md) | +2.3% | +4.6% |
| PALMOIL | 2023-07-14 | [Palm oil stakeholders say more details needed on planned EUDR regulation, implications - Landscape Alliance Forests News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35087-palm-oil-stakeholders-say-more-details-needed-on-planned-eudr-regulation.md) | +2.7% | -1.7% |

## Sources

- gapki.id: https://gapki.id/en/news/2026/11/13/deputy-foreign-minister-europe-double-standards-palm-oil-smallholder-farmers/

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