Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON  29th Mar  – 04th Apr  2006 1st Week  
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded lower.
Crude palm oil price traded unchanged at RM1,407.00  with  the  highest traded price at RM1,415.00.  RBD palm olein traded lower by US$2.00 to US$404.50.  Prices were lower due to:
>>  Market remained under pressure over concerns about sluggish demand and rising supply.
>> Lower BMD CPO futures and weaker CBOT soyabean oil futures sentiment      
>> The continued appreciation of the Ringgit added pressure on local palm oil prices as it reduced earnings from the exports.
>> However, higher SGS export data for the month of March, up by 14.9% to 1.06 million tonnes supported the market from further downward pressure.
         
Crude palm oil export duty.
>>  For the current week 03/04/2006 –09/04/2006, the CPO export duty payable is RM190.81/ tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded firmer.
>> Crude palm oil price traded lower by US$1.50 to US$439.50. CPO discount vis-à-vis SBO widened to US$106.00 this week.
>> RBD palm olein traded unchanged at US$459.50 and was at a discount of US$86.00 against SBO.
       
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
29/03/06 30/03/06 31/03/06 03/04/06 04/04/06 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 1,420.00 1411.50 1403.50 1400.50 1395.00 1,407.00 1,407.00 0.00
PK (Ex-mill) 895.00 891.50 890.00 887.00 889.00 891.00 901.50 -10.50
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 1,883.50 1880.50 1862.00 1861.50 1872.00 1,873.00 1,905.50 -32.50
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) NT 395.00 396.00 400.50 NT 396.50 395.50 1.00
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 405.00 404.50 401.00 410.50 407.50 404.50 406.50 -2.00
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 394.00 391.00 393.00 388.00 NT 390.50 390.00 0.50
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 460.00 460.00 460.00 457.50 460.00 459.50 459.50 0.00
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 450.00 450.00 450.00 450.00 447.50 449.50 450.50 -1.00
CPO (Cif Rott) 440.00 440.00 440.00 437.50 440.00 439.50 441.00 -1.50
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 547.64 547.64 540.14 545.31 545.48 545.24 543.00 2.24
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 630.00 630.00 630.00 630.00 632.50 630.50 615.00 15.50
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 741.42 741.42 750.13 751.32 756.32 748.12 736.00 12.12
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 442.50 442.50 442.50 437.50 437.50 440.50 441.00 -0.50
Tallow 415.00 415.00 415.00 415.00 415.00 415.00 415.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 570.00 570.00 567.50 570.00 570.00 569.50 576.50 -7.00
CNO (Cif Rott) 570.00 570.00 567.50 570.00 570.00 569.50 566.50 3.00
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -107.64 -107.64 -100.14 -107.81 -105.48 -105.74 -102.00 -3.74
CPO/RSO -301.42 -301.42 -310.13 -313.82 -316.32 -308.62 -295.00 -13.62
RBD P.Olein/SBO -87.64 -87.64 -80.14 -87.81 -85.48 -85.74 -83.50 -2.24
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -170.00 -170.00 -170.00 -172.50 -172.50 -171.00 -155.50 -15.50
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 27.50 27.50 27.50 22.50 22.50 25.50 26.00 -0.50
PKO/CNO 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.00 -10.00
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO Jun  2006 (RM) 1442.00 1434.00 1437.00 1421.00 1427.00 1432.20 1450.50 -18.30
CBOT SBO Jul  2006 (US$) 514.80 518.54 511.94 507.32 502.92 511.10 511.50 -0.40
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA      
FOB Indonesia (US$) 375.00 372.50 372.50 370.00 372.50 372.50 375.50 -3.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 386.00 383.50 383.50 381.00 383.50 383.50 386.50 -3.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 1424.34 1414.35 1417.03 1406.27 1416.65 1,415.73 1427.00 -11.27
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)  4.34 2.85 13.53 5.77 21.65 9.63 23.00 -13.37
Note : NT  : No Transaction ;    N.A  : Not Available;    PH  : Public Holiday;    UNQ  :  Unquote;  
Source :   MPOB Registration of Contracts,  Oilworld,   Reuters,  BMD   CBOT,   Dow Jones News, Massey Company