Crude Palm Oil Market Data, Quality and Trade

Editorial evidence reviewedReviewed 2026-09-12Release 2026-09-19-batch-230

Market value

$54B

Producing countries tracked

9

Grading systems

1

Active supply risks

3

Trade corridors

3

Latest reviewed evidence

The figures below are the Malaysian Palm Oil Board's official 2025 industry results, published in its 2026 overview, together with the current 2026 Codex Standard for Named Vegetable Oils. They are dated national-sector context and product-identity evidence—not a current lot, certification or live delivered price.

Malaysia crude palm oil production

20.283475

million tonnes · calendar year 2025, MPOB 2026 overview

Malaysia crude palm oil production change

4.9

percent above 2024 · calendar year 2025, MPOB 2026 overview

Malaysia oil-palm planted area

5.70005

million hectares · calendar year 2025

Malaysia fresh-fruit-bunch estate yield

17.77

tonnes per hectare · calendar year 2025

Malaysia national oil-extraction rate

19.74

percent · calendar year 2025

Malaysia palm oil exports

15.272823

million tonnes · calendar year 2025

Malaysia total palm oil closing stocks

3.051147

million tonnes · December 2025

CPO, palm kernel oil and fractionated palm products are separate

Codex identifies palm oil as oil from the fleshy mesocarp of Elaeis guineensis fruit and palm kernel oil as oil from the kernel. Palm olein is the liquid fraction of palm oil, palm stearin the high-melting fraction and palm superolein a separately controlled liquid fraction. A CPO record therefore does not inherit the composition, processing state, yield basis or price of refined palm oil, olein, stearin, palm kernel oil or biodiesel. Atlas retains source tissue, processing and fraction identity before comparing evidence.

A crude designation still needs analytical and handling evidence

The current Codex standard provides product identity, fatty-acid composition ranges, quality factors, contaminant controls, labelling and recognised analysis-and-sampling methods. Commercial CPO comparison also depends on the contracted free-fatty-acid, moisture-and-impurities and deterioration-of-bleachability bases, sample and method, mill and tank, production and loading dates, storage temperature, previous cargoes and traceability. Sustainability or chain-of-custody status remains a separate evidence-backed claim; it is never inferred from origin alone.

Malaysia's 2025 record production stays dated and national

MPOB reported 20.283475 million tonnes of Malaysian CPO production in 2025, 4.9 percent above 2024, alongside 5.70005 million hectares planted, fresh-fruit-bunch estate yield of 17.77 tonnes per hectare and a 19.74 percent national oil-extraction rate. It also reported 15.272823 million tonnes of palm oil exports and 3.051147 million tonnes of total closing stocks. These national aggregates mix mills, months, qualities, storage states and contracts and do not state a particular seller's inventory or lot quality.

An industry statistic or annual average is not a delivered CPO price

A delivered CPO estimate still needs a defined crude product, current permitted physical observations, origin and mill, production and loading dates, chemistry and quality results, sustainability and traceability evidence where claimed, tank and previous-cargo history, lot quantity, currency, Incoterm, destination, delivery window, freight and information vintage. Atlas withholds a physical estimate when those observations or usage rights are missing.

Questions procurement teams ask

Is crude palm oil the same product as palm kernel oil?

No. Palm oil comes from the fruit's fleshy mesocarp; palm kernel oil comes from the kernel. They have different product identities, compositions, processing chains and contract evidence.

Are CPO, palm olein and palm stearin interchangeable?

No. CPO is the crude mesocarp oil, while olein and stearin are liquid and high-melting fractions produced by fractionation. The precise processing and fraction state must remain explicit.

What does Malaysia's 20.283475-million-ton figure represent?

It is MPOB's official total Malaysian crude palm oil production for calendar year 2025, published in the 2026 industry overview. It is not current available inventory, a certified lot or a live price.

Which fields make physical CPO offers comparable?

Species and mesocarp identity, crude state, mill and origin, crop and production date, free fatty acids, moisture and impurities, deterioration-of-bleachability basis where contracted, composition and authenticity tests, extraction and storage history, sustainability and chain-of-custody evidence where claimed, tank and previous cargo, lot, quantity, currency, Incoterm, destination, delivery window and evidence date.