Double Fractionated Palm Olein Price Trend and Forecast 2026-2027

China paid the most for double fractionated palm olein in Q3 2026: USD 1,230/MT, up 1.5% from USD 1,212/MT in Q2. Import costs, shipping charges and steady demand from food service buyers keep Chinese prices above the other three markets. Worldwide, the average rose 1.3% to USD 1,142/MT from USD 1,127/MT, mostly because higher crude palm oil costs and firm demand from food makers and food service buyers led refiners and importers to raise prices in all four markets. What about Q4 2026? We expect a global average somewhere in the USD 1,115-1,205/MT range, with crude palm oil prices, palm production, export duties, demand from food makers and prices of competing vegetable oils doing most of the work.

Double fractionated palm olein, also called super olein, is the liquid part of palm oil that is separated twice, so it stays clear at lower temperatures than standard olein. It has an iodine value of 64 or higher and is used for frying, cooking oil blends and food manufacturing. Prices in this report refer to refined double fractionated palm olein in bulk and are quoted per metric ton. They depend on crude palm oil prices, refining margins and demand from food makers.

Indonesia and Malaysia make nearly all of the world supply, and India and China are among the largest buyers. Refiners warm crude palm oil, cool it to separate the liquid and solid parts and repeat the step to produce a clearer olein. Cargoes move in bulk tankers and flexitanks. Prices follow the palm oil futures market, with a premium for the higher iodine value.

Double Fractionated Palm Olein Price Forecast for 2026

Prices should rise modestly through the rest of 2026. Crude palm oil costs are firm and demand from food makers is steady. Seasonal gains in palm output and the price of soybean and sunflower oils limit the size of the increase. Year on year, the global average has moved from USD 1,092/MT to USD 1,142/MT, an increase of 4.6%.

Risks to the Q4 outlook lean in both directions, with no clear bias. What could push prices higher? Lower palm output, higher crude palm oil prices or stronger import demand from India would lift prices. What could pull them lower? Higher palm output, lower prices for competing oils or weaker demand from food makers would lower prices.

For the Quarter Ending September 2026

Double Fractionated Palm Olein Prices Q3 2026:

• Indonesia: USD 1,060/MT
• Malaysia: USD 1,090/MT
• India: USD 1,190/MT
• China: USD 1,230/MT

Double Fractionated Palm Olein Prices in Indonesia

Indonesia's average moved up 1.6% in Q3 2026, to USD 1,060/MT from USD 1,043/MT in Q2. Indonesian prices rose as the demand from refiners improved. The Q3 2026 average is 5.3% above the USD 1,007/MT recorded in Q3 2025. Indonesia finished Q3 2026 7.2% below the four-market average of USD 1,142/MT.

Why did the price of Double Fractionated Palm Olein change in Q3 2026 in Indonesia?

Indonesia rose. Demand from refiners improved, crude palm oil costs increased, and refiners raised offers. Across the first three quarters of 2026, Indonesia has moved up 3.7% from USD 1,022/MT in Q4 2025 to USD 1,060/MT, against a 3.3% gain for the global average. For comparison, the global average moved 1.3% higher over the same quarter.

Double Fractionated Palm Olein Prices in Malaysia

Prices in Malaysia firmed 1.3% in Q3 2026 to USD 1,090/MT, compared with USD 1,076/MT in Q2. Malaysian prices rose as the demand from export buyers improved. Compared with Q3 2025, when Malaysia averaged USD 1,044/MT, the current price is 4.4% higher. The four markets averaged USD 1,142/MT in the quarter, so the price in Malaysia was 4.6% lower.

Why did the price of Double Fractionated Palm Olein change in Q3 2026 in Malaysia?

Malaysia rose. Demand from export buyers improved, crude palm oil costs increased, and refiners raised offers. Year to date, Malaysia is 3.1% higher than the Q4 2025 level of USD 1,057/MT, while the global average is 3.3% higher. The global average shifted 1.3% higher in the same quarter. The quarterly change in Malaysia was 1.3%.

Double Fractionated Palm Olein Prices in India

India recorded a 1.2% gain in Q3 2026, with the average reaching USD 1,190/MT against USD 1,176/MT in Q2. Indian prices rose as the demand from food makers improved. Measured against Q3 2025, when the average stood at USD 1,146/MT, the market is 3.8% higher. In comparison with the average of USD 1,142/MT across the four markets, the price in India was 4.2% higher.

Why did the price of Double Fractionated Palm Olein change in Q3 2026 in India?

India rose. Demand from food makers improved, import duties increased, and importers raised prices. Over the first nine months of 2026 the price in India has risen by 2.9%, which compares with a 3.3% gain in the global average. Across the four markets the average was 1.3% higher on the quarter. This represents a quarter-on-quarter change of 1.2% for India.

Double Fractionated Palm Olein Prices in China

The Q3 2026 average for China stood at USD 1,230/MT, an increase of 1.5% on the USD 1,212/MT recorded in Q2. Chinese prices rose as the demand from food service buyers improved. In Q3 2025 the average was USD 1,172/MT, so the market is 4.9% higher on a yearly basis. China ended the quarter 7.7% above the group average of USD 1,142/MT.

Why did the price of Double Fractionated Palm Olein change in Q3 2026 in China?

China rose. Demand from food service buyers improved, shipping costs increased, and importers raised prices. Since the end of 2025, the price in China has risen 3.4%, from USD 1,189/MT to USD 1,230/MT, while the global average has risen 3.3%. On the global measure the average was 1.3% higher over the quarter.

For the Quarter Ending June 2026

Double Fractionated Palm Olein Prices Q2 2026:

• Indonesia: USD 1,043/MT
• Malaysia: USD 1,076/MT
• India: USD 1,176/MT
• China: USD 1,212/MT

Double Fractionated Palm Olein Prices in Indonesia

The Q2 2026 average for Indonesia stood at USD 1,043/MT, an increase of 1.2% on the USD 1,031/MT recorded in Q1. Indonesian prices rose as the demand from refiners strengthened. The current level is 6.0% above the Q2 2025 average of USD 984/MT. Relative to the four-market average of USD 1,127/MT, Indonesia traded 7.5% below in Q2 2026.

Why did the price of Double Fractionated Palm Olein change in Q2 2026 in Indonesia?

Indonesia rose. Demand from refiners strengthened, crude palm oil costs went up, and refiners lifted offers. Q1 had brought a 0.9% gain, and by the end of Q2 the price was 6.0% above the Q2 2025 average of USD 984/MT. The move then extended in Q3, taking the price to USD 1,060/MT.

Double Fractionated Palm Olein Prices in Malaysia

Malaysia registered a 1.0% increase in Q2 2026, taking the average to USD 1,076/MT from USD 1,065/MT in Q1. Malaysian prices rose as the demand from export buyers strengthened. A year earlier, in Q2 2025, the average stood at USD 1,024/MT, which makes the current price 5.1% higher. This places Malaysia 4.5% below the four-market average of USD 1,127/MT for Q2 2026.

Why did the price of Double Fractionated Palm Olein change in Q2 2026 in Malaysia?

Malaysia rose. Demand from export buyers strengthened, crude palm oil costs went up, and refiners lifted offers. Coming after a 0.8% gain in Q1, the Q2 figure sits 5.1% above the USD 1,024/MT of Q2 2025. The same direction continued in Q3, with the price reaching USD 1,090/MT. For comparison, the global average moved 1.1% higher over the same quarter.

Double Fractionated Palm Olein Prices in India

India climbed 0.9% to USD 1,176/MT in Q2 2026, from USD 1,165/MT in Q1. Indian prices rose as the demand from food makers strengthened. Taking Q2 2025 as the base, at USD 1,128/MT, the latest quarter is 4.3% higher. Against the four-market average of USD 1,127/MT, India stood 4.3% above in the quarter.

Why did the price of Double Fractionated Palm Olein change in Q2 2026 in India?

India rose. Demand from food makers strengthened, import duties went up, and importers lifted prices. The 0.7% gain in Q1 set the base, and Q2 finished 4.3% above the USD 1,128/MT recorded a year earlier. Q3 added to the change, with the price at USD 1,190/MT. The global average shifted 1.1% higher in the same quarter.

Double Fractionated Palm Olein Prices in China

In Q2 2026, the average price in China rose 1.1% to USD 1,212/MT, compared with USD 1,199/MT in Q1. Chinese prices rose as the demand from food service buyers strengthened. Against the USD 1,145/MT recorded in Q2 2025, the current average represents a 5.9% increase. China finished Q2 2026 7.5% above the four-market average of USD 1,127/MT.

Why did the price of Double Fractionated Palm Olein change in Q2 2026 in China?

China rose. Demand from food service buyers strengthened, shipping costs went up, and importers lifted prices. This followed a 0.8% gain in Q1 and left China 5.9% above its Q2 2025 average of USD 1,145/MT. The move then extended in Q3, taking the price to USD 1,230/MT. Across the four markets the average was 1.1% higher on the quarter.

Quarterly Double Fractionated Palm Olein Price Trends

Double Fractionated Palm Olein prices rose through 2025 and the first half of 2026 and rose again in the third quarter in all four markets. The global average moved from USD 1,052/MT in Q1 2025 to 1,070 in Q2, 1,092 in Q3 and 1,106 in Q4, then 1,115 in Q1 2026, 1,127 in Q2 and 1,142 in Q3, a net gain of roughly 8.6% across the window. Higher crude palm oil costs and steady demand from food makers lifted prices for six quarters.

What was Double Fractionated Palm Olein Price in 2025?

2025 was a year of steady increases for double fractionated palm olein, with prices rising in each quarter in all four markets. Starting near USD 1,052/MT in Q1, the global average finished the year at 1,106 in Q4, a gain of about 5.1%. Higher crude palm oil costs and steady demand from food makers supported refiners throughout the year.

Double Fractionated Palm Olein Prices in Indonesia in 2025

In Indonesia, prices moved from about USD 964/MT in Q1 2025 to USD 1,022/MT by Q4, up roughly 6.0%. Indonesian prices rose steadily as crude palm oil costs and demand from refiners increased. By Q3 2026 the average for Indonesia had reached USD 1,060/MT, 3.7% above the Q4 2025 close. The same regional pattern is carried into the quarterly analysis above, where the quarter-by-quarter figures can be traced.

Double Fractionated Palm Olein Prices in Malaysia in 2025

In Malaysia, prices moved from about USD 1,007/MT in Q1 2025 to USD 1,057/MT by Q4, up roughly 5.0%. Malaysian prices rose gradually as crude palm oil costs and demand from export buyers increased. The latest quarter places Malaysia at USD 1,090/MT, which is 3.1% above the level at which 2025 ended.

Double Fractionated Palm Olein Prices in India in 2025

In India, prices moved from about USD 1,113/MT in Q1 2025 to USD 1,157/MT by Q4, up roughly 4.0%. Indian prices rose gradually as import duties and demand from food makers increased. Since the 2025 close of USD 1,157/MT, the price in India has moved up 2.9%, reaching USD 1,190/MT in Q3 2026.

Double Fractionated Palm Olein Prices in China in 2025

In China, prices moved from about USD 1,122/MT in Q1 2025 to USD 1,189/MT by Q4, up roughly 6.0%. Chinese prices rose steadily as the shipping costs and demand from food service buyers increased. At USD 1,230/MT in Q3 2026, China stands 3.4% above its Q4 2025 close. The same regional pattern is carried into the quarterly analysis above, where the quarter-by-quarter figures can be traced.

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