Palm oil prices: questions and answers
Palm oil: median wholesale price 1.27 EUR/kg across 9 markets in 4 countries, quotes to 6 November 2026. Answers calculated from current market quotes on Husfarm and FAOSTAT data.
What is the wholesale price of palm oil today?
The median wholesale price of palm oil was 1.27 EUR/kg across 21 current quotes on 9 markets in 4 countries (latest quote 6 November 2026). Half of the quotes were between 1.07 and 1.50 EUR/kg.
Each quote is the midpoint of the lowest and highest price the market published, converted to euros per kilogram at the day’s reference rate. Quotes per piece or per pack without a weight are left out of this figure.
How do prices differ between types of palm oil?
| Type | Quotes | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Exchange futures | 14 | 1.21 EUR/kg |
| Physical markets | 7 | 1.88 EUR/kg |
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What is the price of palm oil in different countries?
| Country | Markets | Median, EUR/kg | Median, local currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 5 | 1.88 EUR/kg | 6,644 COP/kg |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1.03 EUR/kg | 4.72 MYR/kg |
| China | 1 | 1.28 EUR/kg | 9.50 CNY/kg |
| Italy | 1 | 1.50 EUR/kg | — |
Countries with the most markets quoting palm oil; medians of the latest quote of each series.
Are prices of palm oil going up or down?
At the latest publication compared with the previous one, 2 of 14 quotes for palm oil rose, 9 fell and 3 were unchanged; the median change was −0.2%.
Each market is compared with its own previous quote for the same series, so the figure is not affected by which markets published on a given day. Markets publish daily, weekly or less often, so the comparison covers different periods for different markets.
Which markets publish palm oil prices?
9 markets in 4 countries have current palm oil quotes on Husfarm. Those with the most quotes:
- Dalian Commodity Exchange China · 8 quotes
- Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Malaysia · 6 quotes
- World Bank benchmark prices, Malaysia Malaysia · 1 quote
- Armenia Mercar Wholesale Market Colombia · 1 quote
- Cúcuta Cenabastos Wholesale Market Colombia · 1 quote
- Medellín Wholesale Markets Colombia · 1 quote
- Montería Mercado del Sur Colombia · 1 quote
- Sincelejo Nuevo Mercado Colombia · 1 quote
Why are there so many different palm oil prices?
Markets publish a separate price for each variety, grade, size, origin and pack. Husfarm shows 17 different palm oil quote names, for example: Palm oil futures, contract p2709, September 2027; Crude palm oil futures, CPO, April 2027; Palm oil, Malaysian RBD, export FOB; Palm oil; Palm oil; Palm oil.
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Which country produces the most palm oil?
According to FAOSTAT, world production of palm oil was 79.6 million t in 2023. The largest producer was Indonesia with 59.2% of the world total, followed by Malaysia and Thailand.
Which country exports the most palm oil?
In 2024 the largest exporter of palm oil was Indonesia with 21.6 million t (50.4% of reported exports), according to FAOSTAT trade data.
Where do these palm oil prices come from?
Husfarm reads the price bulletins and tables that markets, exchanges and official price reports publish, keeps each price in the market’s own currency and unit with its date and source, and converts it to euros per kilogram for comparison.
How often are palm oil prices updated?
The latest palm oil quote is from 6 November 2026; 5 of 9 markets published palm oil prices in the seven days to 10 November 2026. Each market publishes on its own schedule, from daily to monthly.
Can I get alerts or download palm oil prices?
Yes. You can set an e-mail alert for palm oil prices on a market or across markets, and download the current quotes and their history as CSV files free of charge.
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Prices: market quotes collected by Husfarm, as published by each market; conversions at ECB and market reference rates. Production and trade: FAO, FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0). Answers are calculated automatically from the current data and change when the data changes.