Malaysia Jan 1-25 Palm Oil Exports 1.10 Mln Tons, Down 15% - SGS

By Shie-Lynn Lim

KUALA LUMPUR–Malaysia exported 1.10 million metric tons of palm oil during Jan. 1-25, a decline of 15% from the same period of the previous month, cargo surveyor SGS (Malaysia) Bhd., said Friday.

Another surveyor, Intertek Agri Services, said shipments during the period fell 14% also to 1.10 million tons.

Major items in the SGS estimate:

(All figures are in metric tons)

         

	Jan 1-25	Dec 1-25
RBD Palm Olein	481,688	492,492
RBD Palm Oil	116,498	105,040
RBD Palm Stearin	114,705	90,867
Crude Palm Oil	213,367	415,815
Total*	1,104,890	1,293,765

                  

        Major importers of Malaysian palm oil:

European Union	91,107	224,877
China	252,250	325,582
U.S.	123,410	103,980
India	123,050	222,755
Pakistan	115,750	94,650

                     

* Product volumes don't add to total as some products aren't included.

SGS Malaysia is a division of Switzerland-based Societe Generale de Surveillance Group.

Write to Shie-Lynn Lim at shie-lynn.lim@dowjones.com

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January 25, 2013 03:27 ET (08:27 GMT)

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