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China’s Palm Oil Demand to Drop as Cheaper Alternatives Rise, Analysts Say

By Bernadette Christina and Ashley Tang China’s demand for palm oil is expected to further decline this year as the country shifts to cheaper canola and soybean alternatives, palm oil traders and analysts said on Monday.

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The Asia-Pacific’s New Oil Order
A pedestrian reads a sign at a petrol station in Tacloban City, Leyte province, central Philippines on March 30, 2026. Photo by MARLON TANO / AFP
In response to Iran’s partial closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the United States has begun implementing a counter-blockade—leveraging naval patrols, sanctions enforcement, and selective interdictions to constrain Iranian oil exports and raise the costs of Tehran’s strategy. Rather than restoring stability, however, this tit-for-tat dynamic is accelerating fragmentation in global ...

China’s Palm Oil Demand to Drop as Cheaper Alternatives Rise, Analysts Say

By Bernadette Christina and Ashley Tang China’s demand for palm oil is expected to further decline this year as the country shifts to cheaper canola and soybean alternatives, palm oil traders and analysts said on Monday.
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