Dr. Sathia Varqa

Dr Sathia Varqa is the Managing Editor of Fastmarkets Palm Oil Analytics, the Singapore-based price reporting and market analytics service covering crude palm oil, refined palm products, palm kernel oil and the broader vegetable oils complex.

Fastmarkets Palm Oil Analytics publishes daily price assessments, weekly market commentary and structural analysis used by refiners, plantation companies, traders, banks and regulators across Southeast Asia, India and Europe. Varqa is one of the most widely quoted independent palm oil analysts in international press coverage and a regular commentator on Bloomberg, Reuters and the major Indian financial press.

At GLOBOIL India 2026 he will speak on the Market Intelligence plenary alongside Mielke, Mistry and McGill, focusing on the H2 2026 price corridor, the Bursa CPO-CBOT soy oil spread, and how procurement teams should be reading Indonesian export policy through actual cargo flows and FOB-CIF spread movements.