Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON   26th Mar - 01st Apr  2008 1st  Week
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded firm.
Crude palm oil price traded higher, increased by RM110.00 to RM3,513.00,  with the highest  traded price at RM3,700.00.  RBD palm olein traded higher by US$72.00 to US$1,300.00. Prices were traded firm due to:                                                                                                                                                       
n Supported by BMD CPO futures aggressive short covering and fresh buying boosted by India’s move to cut import duties on palm product.
n Bullish sentiments linked to the two-week Argentinean grain farmer strike that shut down the main grain ports and resulted in soyabean shippers declaring force majeure on one million tonnes of soyabean to China.
n Higher SGS’s estimates Malaysian palm oil exports for the first 25 days of March, up by 14.8% to 1.04 million tonnes against 903,375 tonnes during the same period last month.
Crude palm oil export duty.
n  For the current week 31/03/2008 – 06/04/2008, the CPO export duty payable is RM840.11/tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded  mixed.
n Crude palm oil price traded lower by US$17.00 to US$1,150.50. CPO discount vis-à-vis SBO narrowed to US$240.00 this week.
n RBD palm olein traded higher by US$8.00 at US$1,293.00 and was at a discount of US$98.00 against SBO.
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
26/03/2008 27/03/2008 28/03/2008 31/03/2008 01/04/2008 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 3,612.00 3603.00 3582.00 3401.50 3128.00 3,513.00 3,403.00 110.00
PK (Ex-mill) 1,986.50 1978.50 1970.00 1873.50 1843.00 1,925.00 1,907.00 18.00
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 4,059.50 4035.00 4000.50 3973.00 3718.50 3,992.50 3,896.50 96.00
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 1,235.00 1262.50 1265.50 1229.00 1175.00 1,248.50 1170.00 78.50
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 1,310.50 1313.00 1293.00 1289.00 1215.00 1,300.00 1228.00 72.00
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 1,060.00 NT 1033.00 NT 960.00 1,045.50 1049.00 -3.50
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 1,355.00 1,345.00 1,310.00 1,220.00 1,235.00 1,293.00 1285.00 8.00
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 1,335.00 1,330.00 1,295.00 1,200.00 1,210.00 1,274.00 1262.50 11.50
CPO (Cif Rott) 1,220.00 1,195.00 1,172.50 1,075.00 1,090.00 1,150.50 1167.50 -17.00
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 1,514.41 1,427.69 1,403.98 UNQ 1,291.36 1,409.36 1412.50 -3.14
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 1,880.00 1,850.00 1,845.00 1,835.00 1,825.00 1,847.00 1855.00 -8.00
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 1,525.47 1,524.02 1,467.08 UNQ UNQ 1,505.52 1487.00 18.52
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 1,135.00 1,130.00 1,105.00 1,075.00 1,015.00 1,092.00 1100.00 -8.00
Tallow 935.00 935.00 935.00 935.00 935.00 935.00 935.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 1,430.00 1,420.00 1,415.00 1,360.00 UNQ 1,406.25 1405.00 1.25
CNO (Cif Rott) 1,440.00 1,440.00 1,430.00 1,380.00 UNQ 1,422.50 1405.00 17.50
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -294.41 -232.69 -231.48 UNQ -201.36 -239.98 -245.00 5.02
CPO/RSO -305.47 -329.02 -294.58 UNQ UNQ -309.69 -332.00 22.31
RBD P.Olein/SBO -159.41 -82.69 -93.97 UNQ -56.36 -98.11 -127.50 29.39
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -525.00 -505.00 -535.00 -615.00 -590.00 -554.00 -570.00 16.00
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 200.00 195.00 170.00 140.00 80.00 157.00 165.00 -8.00
PKO/CNO -10.00 -20.00 -15.00 -20.00 UNQ -16.25 -10.00 -6.25
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO May  2008 (RM) 3701.00 3635.00 3545.00 3400.00 3150.00 3486.20 3405.50 80.70
CBOT SBO May  2008 (US$) 1,270.50 1264.56 1,209.56 1,132.56 1,147.30 1204.90 1256.00 -51.10
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA       
FOB Belawan US$ (Offered Price) 1,212.50 1,212.50 1,213.50 1,212.50 1,212.50 1,212.70 1212.50 0.20
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 1,227.50 1,227.50 1,228.50 1,227.50 1,227.50 1,227.70 1,227.50 0.20
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 3913.27 3924.93 3943.49 3914.50 3905.91 3,920.42 3917.50 2.92
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)   301.27 321.93 361.49 513.00 777.91 455.12 508.00 -52.88
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