Malaysia’s palm oil output likely to see sharp rise in October

10-Nov-2025 01:46 PM

Kuala Lumpur. Prior to the release of official data from the government body, the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (Ampob), leading industry analysts predicted that Malaysian palm oil production would reach a two-year high in October 2025. Ampob has now released its data.

According to Ampob's report, Malaysian crude palm oil (CPO) production jumped 11 percent to 2.044 million tons in October 2025 compared to September.

While Malaysian palm oil product exports also increased by a robust 18.6 percent to a record high of 1.693 million tons during the period under review, the outstanding surplus palm oil stock improved by 4.44 percent to 2.464 million tons at the end of October due to declining imports and domestic consumption.

Interestingly, compared to September, outstanding stocks of processed (refined) palm oil declined by 9.5 percent to 9.91 lakh tons in October, while crude palm oil stocks jumped by 16.55 percent to 14.74 lakh tons.

During the same period, Malaysian palm oil imports fell by 53.7 percent to 36,000 tons. According to Ampob, palm kernel oil stocks improved by 3.2 percent to 2.99 lakh tons at the end of October.

Industry and trade had estimated Malaysian palm oil production to increase by 7 percent to 19.70 lakh tons and outstanding stocks to increase by 8.4 percent to 25.60 lakh tons in October. Palm oil exports were expected to improve by 5 percent to 15 lakh tons.