AreaMalaysia
Commodity GroupOilseeds, oils and meals
CommodityPalm oil
Date01/02/2020
Policy CategoryTrade
Policy InstrumentTrade differences (vs. European Union)
DescriptionDropped plans to file a WTO complaint against the European Unions restrictions on palm oil-based fuels, explaining that instead it would advocate changes in the treatment of palm oil during the review of the EUs policy scheduled for 2021.
NotesMALAYSIA export policy palm oil: Senior officials informed that the Government decided to drop its plans to file a WTO complaint against the European Unions restrictions on palm oil-based fuels (see MPPU June19) thus diverging from Indonesias initiative in this regard (see MPPU Jan20). Instead, Malaysia would advocate changing the treatment of palm oil during the review of the EUs policy scheduled for 2021.