SINGAPORE, May 10 (Reuters) - - Malaysia's April palm oil stocks fell 5.4
percent to 1,848,368 tonnes from a revised 1,954,145 tonnes in March, industry
regulator Malaysian Palm Oil Board said on Thursday.
April's fall was higher than market expectations that stocks in the world's
No.2 palm oil producer likely dropped 7 percent to 1.82 million tonnes.
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The following is a breakdown of Malaysian Palm Oil Board figures and Reuters
estimates for April:
(volumes in tonnes)
April 2012 April poll April 2011 March 2012
Output 1,272,626 1,285,000 1,306,228 1,211,257
Stocks 1,848,368 1,823,000 1,670,792 1,954,145
Exports 1,331,490 1,400,000 1,349,739 1,329,640
Imports* 40,616 100,000 n/a 27,908
* Refers to Malaysian imports of mostly Indonesian crude palm oil
