Malaysia May CPO output down 7% on month at 1.52 mln tn, exports fall 14.5%
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--Malaysian Palm Oil Board: May CPO output down 7% on mo at 1.52 mln tn
--Malaysian Palm Oil Board: May-end palm oil stock 2.43 mln tn, up 5.2% MoM
--Malaysian Palm Oil Board: May palm oil exports 1.11 mln tn, dn 14.5% on mo
MUMBAI – Crude palm oil production in Malaysia fell nearly 7% from the previous month in May to 1.52 million tonnes, according to preliminary data released by the Malaysian Palm Oil Board. Palm oil stocks in the country rose from April, while exports of the commodity fell, the data showed. Malaysia's total palm oil stocks rose over 5% on month to 2.43 million tonnes in May, while exports fell 14.5% on month to 1.11 million tonnes, according to the data.
A Reuters survey had forecast inventories at 2.36 million tonnes, with output seen at 1.56 million tonnes and exports at 1.24 million tonnes in May. Malaysia is the world's second-largest producer of crude palm oil and India is the largest consumer of edible oils.
At 1111 IST, the most-active August contract of crude palm oil on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives exchange was flat at 4,529 ringgits (INR 106,071.54) per tonne.
Malaysia imported 43,816 tonnes of processed palm oil, down more than 42% on month, the data showed. The country's imports of palm kernel oil also fell nearly 22% from the previous month to 8,665 tonnes, according to the data.
The following table details Malaysia's palm oil output, exports, and stocks for May compared with the previous month:
| Commodity | May (in tn) | April (in tn) | MoM change (in %) | |
| Production | Crude palm oil | 1,516,327 | 1,629,801 | (-)6.96 |
| Exports | Palm oil | 1,105,760 | 1,292,568 | (-)14.45 |
| Biodiesel | 41,361 | 37,825 | 9.35 | |
| Stocks | Crude palm oil | 1,284,544 | 1,264,333 | 1.60 |
| Processed palm oil | 1,143,291 | 1,044,611 | 9.45 | |
| Total palm oil | 2,427,835 | 2,308,944 | 5.15 |
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Reported by Shreya Shetty
Edited by Akul Nishant Akhoury
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