KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s palm oil stocks rose 1.71%, or 38,900 tonnes, to 2.3 million tonnes in April 2026 from 2.27 million tonnes a month earlier, according to the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB).
In its April industry performance report, MPOB said crude palm oil (CPO) stocks also increased 0.54%, or 6,844 tonnes, to 1.26 million tonnes in April from 1.25 million tonnes the preceding month.
“Processed palm oil stockpiles climbed 3.16% to 1.04 million tonnes from 1.01 million tonnes,” it said.
On production, MPOB said CPO output surged 18.37%, or 252,952 tonnes, to 1.63 million tonnes from 1.38 million tonnes a month earlier, while palm kernel output also increased 19.92% month-on-month to 390,124 tonnes from 325,320 previously.
Crude palm kernel oil production rose 18.59% to 192,268 tonnes from 162,127 in March, while palm kernel cake output increased 21.54% to 214,403 tonnes from 176,406. MPOB reported zero CPO imports in April, while palm kernel oil imports rose 29.13% to 11,103 tonnes from 8,598 in the preceding month. — Bernama
