Fastmarkets wants to clarify that its holiday schedule for its Asian POME price assessments will follow the Singapore holiday calendar.

Fastmarkets is amending its holiday schedule of the following prices for June 2, 2026.

Malaysia’s palm oil exports totaled 580,018 tonnes during April 1-15, down by 324,724 tonnes or 35.89% from 904,742 tonnes shipped during the same period a month ago, according to data from cargo surveyor Intertek Testing Services (ITS).

Crude palm oil (CPO) futures in Malaysia rebounded from their three-day decline to close higher on Thursday, following short-covering activities and a modest recovery in crude oil and related oils after a sharp sell-off the previous day. The spike in crude prices also underpinned Chicago soy oil futures, although the market posed only modest gains.

Vegoils futures traded largely higher on Monday March 30. Crude palm oil (CPO) surged, supported by a combination of bullish external cues and solid fundamentals. Meanwhile, soyoil futures climbed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange mainly supported by stronger energy prices and by a bullish sentiment on new US renewable fuels targets announced on Friday March 27.

The biofuels market is transitioning from rapid growth to a focus on margin optimization, carbon intensity differentiation, and regulatory compliance, driven by low-carbon policies in the US and EU that are reshaping feedstock demand, trade flows, and pricing dynamics.

Crude palm oil (CPO) and soyoil futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) extended gains on Thursday March 12, as it continued to track strength in related vegoils and energy markets. The highs in CPO reached earlier in the day eased off by the day’s close.

The publication of Fastmarkets’ AG-PLM-0019 Refined bleached deodorised (RBD) palm olein assessment for March 16 was delayed due to a reporter error. Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated.

This is to better reflect market activity and liquidity, which is closely linked to liquidity quotes in the palm and laurics markets. The new specifications are as follows, with amendments in italics: AG-PLM-0035 Crude palm oil mill effluent, fob MalaysiaQuality: Free fatty acids (FFA) min. 30%, moisture, impurities and unsaponifiable matter (MIU) max. 3%, total fatty […]

Indonesia will maintain its ban on exports of crude palm oil mill effluent (POME) and crude used cooking oil (UCO) as President Prabowo Subianto doubles down on plans to secure domestic feedstocks for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production and position the country as a leading global aviation fuel supplier.