KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has raised its December export tax for crude palm oil to 10% from 9.5% and increased its reference price, a circular on the Malaysian Palm Oil Board website showed on Tuesday.
The world's second-largest palm exporter calculated a reference price of RM4,471.39 per metric ton for December. The November reference price was RM3,949.73 a ton.
The export tax structure starts at 3% for crude palm oil in a range of RM2,250 to RM2,400 per ton. The maximum tax rate is set at 10% when prices exceed RM4,050 a ton.
The new tax rate comes after the government in October announced a revision to the maximum export duty rate to 10% for crude palm oil priced above RM4,050, starting from November. The maximum rate was previously set at 8%. - Reuters
