To help digest palm oil output estimates for Indonesia and Malaysia, which between them account for nearly 90% of world production, Agrimoney’s Markets Extra collates them in one place.
Estimates for 2019 for Indonesia are available by clicking here
Estimates for 2019 for Malaysia are available by clicking here.
Estimates for Indonesian and Malaysian palm oil production, 2018 | |||
Indonesia (m tonnes) |
Malaysia (m tonnes) |
Date | |
USDA | 41.5 |
20.8 |
February 11 2020 |
Reuters poll | 43 |
19.5 |
January 21 2020 |
Indonesia ag ministry | 40.57 |
|
April 4 2019 |
USDA Kuala Lumpur bureau |
19.683* |
March 28 2019 | |
Gapki | 43 |
|
February 6 2019 |
MPOB |
19.5 |
January 17 2019 | |
USDA | 39.5* |
19.68* |
December 12 2018 |
USDA Jakarta bureau | 39.5* |
|
November 29 2018 |
USDA Kuala Lumpur bureau |
19.683* |
November 29 2018 | |
Dorab Mistry, Godrej | 41 |
|
|
Gapki | 42 |
|
November 2 2018 |
Oil World | 39.8 |
19.6 |
November 2 2018 |
Malaysian government |
19.8 |
November 2 2018 | |
Lanworth | 42.182* |
19.720* |
October 3 2018 |
Dorab Mistry, Godrej | 40 |
19.2-19.5 |
September 28 2018 |
Thomas Mielke, Oil World | 39.4 |
19.6 |
September 28 2018 |
Musdhalifah Machmud, indonesian deputy agriculture minister | 39-40 |
|
September 27 2018 |
Dorab Mistry, Godrej | 38.5 |
19.2-19.5 |
August 29 2018 |
Gapki | 40-42 |
|
August 29 2018 |
James Fry, LMC |
"fall by 0.2m tonnes" |
August 28 2018 | |
Thomas Mielke, Oil World |
19.92 |
August 28 2018 | |
Sunny Verghese, Olam | 38 |
"flat, around 20m tonnes" |
August 14 2018 |
USDA |
38.5* |
20.0* |
August 10 2018 |
Malaysian Palm Oil Council |
20.3 |
August 6 2018 | |
USDA Kuala Lumpur bureau |
21.0** |
April 17 2018 | |
USDA Jakarta bureau |
38.5* |
March 20 2018 | |
Thomas Mielke, Oil World | 38.8 | 20.8 | March 7 2018 |
Dorab Mistry, Godrej | 37.5 | 20.5 | March 6 2018 |
Sunny Verghese, Olam | 36.7 | 20.8 | February 27 2018 |
Dorab Mistry, Godrej | 21 | February 3 2018 | |
Reuters poll | 37.8 | 20.5 | January 28 2018 |
James Fry, LMC | 40 | more than 21 | January 18 2018 |
Mah Siew Keong, Malaysia plantations minister | more than 20 | January 9 2018 | |
Fadhil Hasan, Gapki | 38.5 | November 3 2017 | |
Thomas Mielke, Oil World | 38.3 | November 3 2017 | |
James Fry, LMC | “nearly” 21 | November 3 2017 | |
Malaysian government | 20.5 | October 27 2017 | |
Dorab Mistry, Godrej | 36.5m-37 | 19.97 | October 18 2017 |
*Forecast for 2017-18, on October-to-September basis |