date:Jan 25, 2019
Oil Associations 42-million-ton estimate for 2018, but would mark slower growth than last years jump from 36.5 million tons in 2017.
Output in No.2 producer Malaysia will rise to 20 million tons in 2019, based on the median estimates of 10 participants. They forecast production would peak between October and November.
That would be only a marginal rise from 19.5 million tons in 2018, which respondents said was due to factors such as the aging of trees.
Indonesia and Malaysia together account