In February, Indonesia's palm oil exports saw a decrease, shipping only 2.17 million tons compared to 2.91 million tons the previous year, due to higher global prices for alternative oils such as rapeseed and sunflower, and a surge in soybean oil stocks. Despite the dip in exports, domestic consumption of palm oil in Indonesia rose slightly to 1.86 million tonnes, and the country produced 3.88 million tons of crude palm oil. Additionally, the end-of-month inventories of crude palm oil increased to 3.26 million tons from 3.03 million tons the year before.