Palm

The world’s major producing countries of oil palm fruits include Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Nigeria, and Colombia, together representing 91 % of global palm oil production in 2024. Historically, the significant deforestation associated with the production of palm oil is estimated close to 11 million hectares between 2001-2023, mostly in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. With the European Union’s relative import share of palm oil products just over 50% from Indonesia and 23% from Malaysia in 2024, palm oil constitutes an important commodity in the scope of the European Union Deforestation Regulation. In the Union, the Netherlands, Italy, and Spain are the major palm oil importing countries.

Main exporters of Palm

The top 5 exporters of Palm are: Indonesia (58.1%) , Malaysia (23.9%) , Thailand (4.4%) , Nigeria (2.8%) , Colombia (1.9%) , Together, they represent 91.1% of global Palm exports in 2025.

Top 5 global producers of Palm

Palm Trade Heatmaps

Palm overview for the entire EU

HS Code	Description	Total Non-EU Imports (MT)	Relative Share (%)
120710	Palm nuts and kernels i Palm nuts and kernels	134	0%
1511	Crude palm oil i Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified	3,096,441	42%
151321	Crude palm kernel oil i Crude palm kernel and babassu oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified	319,428	4%
151329	Palm kernel oil i Palm kernel and babassu oil and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified (excluding crude oil)	228,964	3%
230660	Palm oilcake i Oilcake and other solid residues of palm nuts or kernels, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of palm nut or kernel fats or oils	1,325,703	18%
382311	Fatty acids from refining i Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining (excluding stearic acid, oleic acid and tall oil fatty acids)	74,708	1%
291590	Saturated acids i Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives	219,622	3%
382370	Fatty alcohols i Fatty alcohols, industrial	247,936	3%
382312	Industrial stearic i Stearic acid, industrial	50,989	1%
290545	Glycerol i Glycerol, with a purity of 95% or more (calculated on the weight of the dry product)	88,435	1%
291570	Pure palmitic acid i Palmitic acid, stearic acid, their salts and esters	74,138	1%
382319	Industrial oleic acid i Oleic acid, industrial	1,625,790	22%

Top importers of Palm per product

HS Code	Products	Relative Share of non-EU imports (%)	#1 i For each of the top-5 ranking EU27 importers, the table displays the country (name); trade volume (metric tons), and share of the product (%)	#2	#3	#4	#5
120710	Palm nuts and kernels i Palm nuts and kernels	0%	France 99 74.3%	Romania 24 18.4%	Belgium 3 2.9%	Netherlands 2 2.2%	Ireland 1 1.5%
1511	Crude palm oil i Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified	42%	Netherlands 1,359,522 43.9%	Italy 607,052 19.6%	Spain 413,721 13.4%	Germany 277,024 8.9%	Greece 102,796 3.3%
151321	Crude palm kernel oil i Crude palm kernel and babassu oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified	4%	Netherlands 137,115 42.9%	Germany 121,944 38.2%	Spain 37,905 11.9%	Belgium 10,795 3.4%	Italy 8,178 2.6%
151329	Palm kernel oil i Palm kernel and babassu oil and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified (excluding crude oil)	3%	Germany 104,465 45.6%	Netherlands 32,814 14.3%	Italy 29,082 12.7%	Sweden 21,020 9.2%	Spain 19,354 8.5%
230660	Palm oilcake i Oilcake and other solid residues of palm nuts or kernels, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of palm nut or kernel fats or oils	18%	Netherlands 824,507 62.2%	Ireland 174,843 13.2%	Spain 151,730 11.4%	Germany 87,538 6.6%	Portugal 73,532 5.5%
382311	Fatty acids from refining i Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining (excluding stearic acid, oleic acid and tall oil fatty acids)	1%	Netherlands 51,491 68.9%	Spain 5,354 7.2%	Germany 3,881 5.2%	France 2,309 3.1%	Italy 2,301 3.1%
291590	Saturated acids i Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives	3%	Netherlands 150,374 68.5%	Belgium 32,747 14.9%	Germany 11,511 5.2%	Spain 7,580 3.5%	Italy 7,135 3.2%
382370	Fatty alcohols i Fatty alcohols, industrial	3%	Netherlands 212,763 85.8%	Germany 13,561 5.5%	Belgium 11,877 4.8%	Spain 4,730 1.9%	France 1,233 0.5%
382312	Industrial stearic i Stearic acid, industrial	1%	Netherlands 21,755 42.7%	Italy 11,084 21.7%	Spain 9,618 18.9%	Belgium 6,567 12.9%	Germany 747 1.5%
290545	Glycerol i Glycerol, with a purity of 95% or more (calculated on the weight of the dry product)	1%	Netherlands 48,329 54.6%	Spain 21,010 23.8%	Italy 10,009 11.3%	France 2,396 2.7%	Portugal 2,127 2.4%
291570	Pure palmitic acid i Palmitic acid, stearic acid, their salts and esters	1%	Netherlands 28,161 38.0%	Germany 12,932 17.4%	Spain 9,514 12.8%	Belgium 4,716 6.4%	Italy 4,144 5.6%
382319	Industrial oleic acid i Oleic acid, industrial	22%	Netherlands 733,613 45.1%	Italy 480,014 29.5%	Spain 211,962 13.0%	Germany 54,852 3.4%	Belgium 25,394 1.6%

Top exporters of Palm per product

HS Code	Products	Relative Share of non-EU imports (%)	#1 i -Country (name) -Trade volume (MT) -share of product (%)	#2	#3	#4	#5
120710	Palm nuts and kernels i Palm nuts and kernels	0%	Côte d’Ivoire 116 86.8%	Ghana 7 5.8%	Cameroon 3 2.5%	Benin 2 1.5%	Congo 1 1.0%
1511	Crude palm oil i Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified	42%	Malaysia 940,642 30.0%	Indonesia 920,167 29.4%	Guatemala 346,363 11.0%	Papua New Guinea 244,324 7.8%	Colombia 162,676 5.2%
151321	Crude palm kernel oil i Crude palm kernel and babassu oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified	4%	Malaysia 113,076 35.4%	Papua New Guinea 48,811 15.3%	Guatemala 35,538 11.1%	Honduras 24,464 7.7%	Colombia 22,974 7.2%
151329	Palm kernel oil i Palm kernel and babassu oil and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified (excluding crude oil)	3%	Indonesia 160,847 70.3%	Malaysia 67,109 29.3%	Colombia 960 0.4%	United Kingdom 10 0.0%	Congo, Democratic Republic of 9 0.0%
230660	Palm oilcake i Oilcake and other solid residues of palm nuts or kernels, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of palm nut or kernel fats or oils	18%	Indonesia 1,142,092 86.1%	Malaysia 92,353 7.0%	Côte d’Ivoire 60,448 4.6%	Nigeria 16,897 1.3%	United Kingdom 6,265 0.5%
382311	Fatty acids from refining i Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining (excluding stearic acid, oleic acid and tall oil fatty acids)	1%	Malaysia 68,610 91.8%	Indonesia 3,159 4.2%	India 1,839 2.5%	China 547 0.7%	Argentina 360 0.5%
291590	Saturated acids i Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives	3%	Indonesia 126,538 57.6%	Malaysia 29,856 13.6%	United Kingdom 17,722 8.1%	United States 16,316 7.4%	China 14,811 6.7%
382370	Fatty alcohols i Fatty alcohols, industrial	3%	Indonesia 102,795 41.5%	United States 69,888 28.2%	Malaysia 46,822 18.9%	Philippines 11,682 4.7%	South Africa 9,089 3.7%
382312	Industrial stearic i Stearic acid, industrial	1%	Malaysia 43,391 85.1%	China 2,581 5.1%	Indonesia 2,371 4.6%	India 1,611 3.2%	Morocco 583 1.1%
290545	Glycerol i Glycerol, with a purity of 95% or more (calculated on the weight of the dry product)	1%	Indonesia 56,082 63.4%	Brazil 14,232 16.1%	Malaysia 9,028 10.2%	Türkiye 3,721 4.2%	India 1,171 1.3%
291570	Pure palmitic acid i Palmitic acid, stearic acid, their salts and esters	1%	Malaysia 41,744 56.3%	Indonesia 14,693 19.8%	India 7,413 10.0%	China 4,741 6.4%	Türkiye 1,611 2.2%
382319	Industrial oleic acid i Oleic acid, industrial	22%	Indonesia 793,547 48.8%	Malaysia 329,765 20.3%	Argentina 183,690 11.3%	India 73,601 4.5%	Pakistan 44,734 2.8%

Data freshness Latest source update: 20 March 2026 Last checked: 13 April 2026, 12:29