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Key Takeaway
- Factors affecting Refined Groundnut Oil (Excl. ST) prices: Prices are primarily influenced by groundnut production, acreage, crop yields, weather conditions, kernel availability, mandi arrivals, crushing volumes and groundnut oil inventories. Since the product is refined, crude groundnut oil prices, oil recovery rates, refining costs, processing yields and refinery margins directly affect pricing.
- Domestic edible-oil demand from households, food processors, restaurants and snack manufacturers is a key driver, while prices of competing oils such as soybean, palm, sunflower and rapeseed/mustard oil influence substitution and relative competitiveness. Global vegetable-oil prices, groundnut export demand, edible-oil import availability, Indian import duties, government policies and currency movements can also affect domestic pricing.
- Product-specific factors including FFA, colour, flavour, moisture, impurities, refining quality and oxidative stability create price differentials. Since the quotation is excluding ST/tax, changes in the applicable tax structure or market convention can affect the final transaction value. Additionally, seasonal groundnut availability, refinery capacity, inventories, transportation costs, regional demand and trader activity contribute to short-term price movements.
About This Dataset
P.F.A.D. – FOB Malaysia – Non-Edible Oil refers to Palm Fatty Acid Distillate, a by-product of palm oil refining, traded internationally as a non-edible industrial feedstock.
Breakdown of the Trading Term
- PFAD: Palm Fatty Acid Distillate, generated during the physical refining of crude palm oil.
- FOB Malaysia: Free on Board export price basis at the nominated Malaysian port.
- Non-Edible Oil: Indicates that the product is primarily intended for industrial applications such as oleochemicals, soaps, detergents, biodiesel and related products, rather than direct food use.
Commercial Relevance:
PFAD is an important industrial feedstock whose value is influenced by palm-oil prices, oleochemical demand and biodiesel economics.
Methodology
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