Malaysia Palm Oil Industry Performance for January

The following table shows Malaysia’s palm oil production, stocks, exports and imports for January according to the Malaysian Palm Oil Board.

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                             Jan.     Dec.     Nov.     Oct.    Sept.     Aug.
                             2013     2012     2012     2012     2012     2012
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Stock                    ----------------------- MoM% ------------------------
 Total Palm Oil            -1.90%    2.40%    2.42%    0.97%   17.43%    5.69%
  Crude Palm Oil           -0.96%   -5.54%    6.64%   -2.68%   34.85%   24.94%
  Processed Palm Oil       -3.31%   17.16%   -4.60%    7.69%   -5.10%  -11.87%
 Palm Kernel              -14.03%  -13.19%    5.36%   -1.85%   19.34%   19.71%
 Crude Palm Kernel Oil      3.47%    5.08%    9.13%    6.21%    5.26%    9.35%
Production              
 Crude Palm Oil            -9.98%   -5.87%   -2.44%   -3.28%   20.43%   -1.64%
 Palm Kernel               -7.68%   -6.32%    0.44%   -3.36%   21.51%   -4.26%
 Crude Palm Kernel Oil    -10.79%    3.71%   -3.62%    5.72%   20.91%   -6.43%

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                             Jan.     Dec.     Nov.     Oct.    Sept.     Aug.
                             2013     2012     2012     2012     2012     2012
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Export                   ----------------------- MoM% ------------------------
 Palm Oil                  -1.61%   -0.68%   -5.53%   16.21%    5.03%   11.57%
 Palm Kernel Oil           -9.45%   -8.44%   24.31%    4.27%    5.81%   45.69%
Import                  
 Crude Palm Oil             0.12%   11.39%  157.15%  -15.63%  125.44%    9.25%
 Processed Palm Oil        50.84%   -9.19%   -2.82%  261.48%  -81.52%  -28.67%

Stock                    ----------------------- YoY% ------------------------
 Total Palm Oil            27.66%   27.64%   23.95%   19.26%   16.29%   12.00%
  Crude Palm Oil           50.49%   47.72%   35.75%   23.22%   26.34%   18.90%
  Processed Palm Oil        3.57%    6.07%    6.73%   13.22%    1.45%    4.19%
 Palm Kernel               31.31%   49.72%   40.30%    8.96%   13.38%   19.96%
 Crude Palm Kernel Oil     56.44%   44.70%   37.31%   36.54%   27.35%   39.06%
Production              
 Crude Palm Oil            24.50%   19.12%   16.18%    1.57%    7.23%   -0.18%
 Palm Kernel               22.83%   17.04%   18.53%    0.74%    7.43%   -1.01%
 Crude Palm Kernel Oil     26.97%   12.19%    8.18%    5.13%   14.13%   -6.27%
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                             Jan.     Dec.     Nov.     Oct.    Sept.     Aug.
                             2013     2012     2012     2012     2012     2012
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Export                   ----------------------- YoY% ------------------------
 Palm Oil                  17.07%    3.73%   -0.18%   -4.60%   -2.10%  -14.89%
 Palm Kernel Oil            4.90%  -10.16%   14.90%  -15.14%    2.94%  -22.32%
Import                  
 Crude Palm Oil           -67.29%  -56.84%  -43.67%  -52.51%  -67.59%  -84.27%
 Processed Palm Oil        16.97%   63.41% 3254.92%  601.22%  108.47%  456.35%

Stock                    ----------------- Thousand tonnes -------------------
 Palm Oil                 2,577.5  2,627.4  2,565.7  2,505.2  2,481.0  2,112.8
  Crude Palm Oil          1,560.1  1,575.1  1,667.5  1,563.7  1,606.7  1,191.5
  Processed Palm Oil      1,017.5  1,052.3    898.2    941.5    874.3    921.3
 Palm Kernel                161.3    187.6    216.2    205.2    209.0    175.2
 Crude Palm Kernel Oil      296.4    286.4    272.6    249.8    235.2    223.4
Production              
 Crude Palm Oil           1,602.5  1,780.2  1,891.1  1,938.4  2,004.2  1,664.2
 Palm Kernel                413.2    447.6    477.8    475.7    492.3    405.1
 Crude Palm Kernel Oil      199.8    224.0    216.0    224.1    211.9    175.3
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                             Jan.     Dec.     Nov.     Oct.    Sept.     Aug.
                             2013     2012     2012     2012     2012     2012
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Export                   ----------------- Thousand tonnes -------------------
 Palm Oil                 1,623.7  1,650.2  1,661.5  1,758.8  1,513.5  1,440.9
 Palm Kernel Oil            102.9    113.7    124.2     99.9     95.8     90.5
Import                  
 Crude Palm Oil              54.8     54.7     49.1     19.1     22.6     10.0
 Processed Palm Oil          49.0     32.5     35.8     36.8     10.2     55.1
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Note 1: Data of previous month may be revised by taking into 
        account the latest information provided by the licencees.
Note 2: Stock data refers to the total physical amount of crude 
        and processed palm oil kept at the premises of mill 
        refineries, bulking installations and oleochemical 
        plants as at the end of the month.

Source: Malaysian Palm Oil Board

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