Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON   28th Mar – 03rd th Apr  2007 1st Week
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded higher.            
Crude palm oil price traded firmer, up by RM58.00 to RM1,988.00,  with the  highest traded price at RM2,100.00.  RBD palm olein traded higher by US$31.00 to US$627.50.  Prices were traded higher due to:
n Sudden jump in the crude oil prices last week to US$66 a barrel, due to rising political tensions in the Middle East. The sentiments supporting bullish world grain and edible oils markets.  
n Supported by firmer BMD CPO and traded the week at the highest levels in eight years.
n Firmer CBOT soyabean futures prices due to bullish expectations prompted by USDA’s planting intentions for corn and soyabean encourages speculative buying and some short-covering interests.
n Strong local CPO physical market with active buying interest from refineries.
Crude palm oil export duty.
n  For the current week 02/04/2007 – 08/04/2007, the CPO export duty payable is RM381.16/ tonne
Palm oil prices in Europe traded higher.
n Crude palm oil price traded higher by US$24.00 to US$653.50. CPO price discount vis-à-vis SBO narrowed to US$94.50 this week.
n RBD palm olein traded higher by US$24.00 to US$675.50 and was at a price discount of US$72.50 against SBO.    
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
28/03/07 29/03/07 30/03/07 02/04/07 03/04/07 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 2,022.50 2043.00 2064.00 2058.50 2093.00 2,046.00 1,988.00 58.00
PK (Ex-mill) 1,167.00 1172.00 1188.50 1167.00 1201.50 1,156.00 1,131.00 25.00
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 2,339.50 2364.00 2374.50 2369.50 2384.00 2,368.00 2,261.50 106.50
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 607.00 613.00 NT 618.00 637.50 617.00 595.50 21.50
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 620.00 623.50 631.00 630.00 645.00 627.50 596.50 31.00
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) NT 577.50 NT 591.00 600.00 589.00 567.00 22.00
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 667.50 670.00 677.50 675.00 687.50 675.50 651.50 24.00
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 665.00 665.00 675.00 672.50 682.50 672.00 645.50 26.50
CPO (Cif Rott) 650.00 647.50 655.00 655.00 660.00 653.50 629.50 24.00
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 736.15 744.48 759.42 747.77 750.83 747.73 729.50 18.23
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 722.50 722.50 725.00 735.00 UNQ 726.25 710.00 16.25
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 746.82 760.49 UNQ UNQ 768.20 758.50 755.00 3.50
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 640.00 640.00 645.00 645.00 650.00 644.00 625.50 18.50
Tallow 570.00 570.00 570.00 570.00 570.00 570.00 565.00 5.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 740.00 745.00 750.00 750.00 765.00 750.00 718.50 31.50
CNO (Cif Rott) 780.00 785.00 790.00 785.00 790.00 786.00 777.00 9.00
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -86.15 -96.98 -104.42 -92.77 -90.83 -94.23 -99.50 5.27
CPO/RSO -96.82 -112.99 655.00 655.00 -108.20 198.40 -125.50 323.90
RBD P.Olein/SBO -68.65 -74.48 -81.92 -72.77 -63.33 -72.23 -77.50 5.27
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -55.00 -52.50 -47.50 -60.00 687.50 94.50 -58.50 153.00
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 70.00 70.00 75.00 75.00 80.00 74.00 70.50 3.50
PKO/CNO -40.00 -40.00 -40.00 -35.00 -25.00 -36.00 -58.50 22.50
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO June 2007 (RM) 2048.00 2045.00 2050.00 2061.00 2086.00 2058.00 1991.00 67.00
CBOT SBO July  2007 (US$) 723.36 735.02 724.50 734.14 724.46 728.30 704.50 23.80
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA       
FOB Belawan US$ (Offered Price) 590.00 592.50 592.50 602.50 610.00 597.50 572.50 25.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 601.00 603.50 603.50 613.50 621.00 608.50 583.50 25.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 2095.69 2111.71 2105.31 2140.19 2151.14 2,120.81 2029.00 91.81
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)   73.19 68.71 41.31 81.69 58.14 64.61 42.00 22.61
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