Agriculture commodity
Oil Palm
Elaeis guineensis — DRC, Cameroon, Gabon, Rep. Congo, Uganda
At a glance
- Family
- Oilseeds & Oil Crops
- Sector
- Agriculture
- HS code
- 1207.10
- Forms
- 3
Traded forms
- Palm Nuts & Kernels
- Raw palm nuts and kernels
- Crude Palm OilHS 1511.10
- CPO — crude palm oil
- Palm Kernel OilHS 1513.21
- Oil from palm kernel
Frequently asked
- What is Oil Palm?
- Elaeis guineensis — DRC, Cameroon, Gabon, Rep. Congo, Uganda
- Which forms is Oil Palm traded in?
- Oil Palm is traded as: Palm Nuts & Kernels, Crude Palm Oil, Palm Kernel Oil.
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