Palm oil prices have risen due to Chinese demand, the increase in crude oil prices, and the rise in prices of alternatives. Higher crude oil prices inherently improve the economics of producing biodiesel from palm oil, and in addition, Indonesia will start producing B50 fuels, which means a 50 percent blend with gas oil, from July 1 this year. Malaysian palm oil futures closed at near three-week highs on Wednesday. The good price increasingly affects the production of palm oil, so the expanding supply may limit further price increases after a while. Meanwhile, the price of soybean oil on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange has only risen slightly. The price of soybeans for September delivery in Chicago grew to about 424 dollars, which amounts to 133 thousand forints at the current stronger forint exchange rate. The August price of rapeseed in Paris is around 502 euros (184 thousand HUF/t), and at this moment, producers in Ukraine are being paid an amount equivalent to 220 thousand forints for delivered sunflower seeds.