Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON  26th Jul  – 01st Aug  2006 1st Week  
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded firmer.
Crude palm oil price traded higher by RM62.00 to RM1,544.50,  with  the  highest traded price at RM1,630.00.  RBD palm olein traded higher by US$11.00 to US$451.50.  Prices traded higher due to:
>> Higher SGS export data for the month of July 2006, up by 11.8% to 1,211,764 tonnes.
>> Positive sentiments arising from news of CPO demand by local bio-diesel sector towards the end of the year.    
>> Supported by buying interest and firmer BMD CPO futures market.
             
Crude palm oil export duty.
>> For the current week 31/07/2006 –06/08/2006, the CPO export duty payable is RM215.22/ tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded firmer.
>> Crude palm oil price traded higher by US$11.00 to US$496.00. CPO discount vis-à-vis SBO narrowed to US$138.50 this week.
>> RBD palm olein traded higher by US$13.50 to US$517.00 and was at a discount of US$117.50 against SBO.
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
26/07/06 27/07/06 28/07/06 31/07/06 01/08/06 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 1,512.00 1518.00 1544.50 1567.50 1594.00 1,544.50 1,482.50 62.00
PK (Ex-mill) 870.50 866.50 883.00 874.50 895.50 885.00 864.00 21.00
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 1,854.00 1833.50 1908.00 1888.50 1918.00 1,866.00 1,903.00 -37.00
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 442.00 442.00 443.50 457.50 NT 446.50 432.50 14.00
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 444.00 449.00 453.50 469.00 NT 451.50 440.50 11.00
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 409.00 403.00 409.50 NT 425.00 405.00 408.00 -3.00
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 502.50 505.00 517.50 522.50 537.50 517.00 503.50 13.50
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 487.50 490.00 502.50 512.50 520.00 502.50 487.00 15.50
CPO (Cif Rott) 482.50 487.50 495.00 505.00 510.00 496.00 485.00 11.00
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 631.50 622.74 631.22 639.40 648.14 634.60 626.50 8.10
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 655.00 657.50 652.50 650.00 657.50 654.50 663.50 -9.00
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 820.95 808.67 803.38 818.43 817.21 813.73 840.00 -26.27
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 460.00 462.50 467.50 467.50 470.00 465.50 459.50 6.00
Tallow 415.00 415.00 415.00 415.00 415.00 415.00 415.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 575.00 575.00 570.00 570.00 582.50 574.50 583.00 -8.50
CNO (Cif Rott) 605.00 600.00 605.00 605.00 610.00 605.00 602.50 2.50
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -149.00 -135.24 -136.22 -134.40 -138.14 -138.60 -141.50 2.90
CPO/RSO -338.45 -321.17 -308.38 -313.43 -307.21 -317.73 -355.00 37.27
RBD P.Olein/SBO -129.00 -117.74 -113.72 -116.90 -110.64 -117.60 -123.00 5.40
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -152.50 -152.50 -135.00 -127.50 -120.00 -137.50 -160.00 22.50
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 45.00 47.50 52.50 52.50 55.00 50.50 44.50 6.00
PKO/CNO -30.00 -25.00 -35.00 -35.00 -27.50 -30.50 -19.50 -11.00
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO Oct  2006 (RM) 1565.00 1574.00 1620.00 1641.00 1673.00 1614.60 1570.50 44.10
CBOT SBO Oct  2006 (US$) 582.78 579.04 590.70 596.64 592.90 588.41 585.50 2.91
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA       
FOB Indonesia (US$) 415.00 417.50 430.00 432.50 442.50 427.50 409.50 18.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 426.00 428.50 441.00 443.50 453.50 438.50 420.50 18.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 1567.68 1573.02 1618.91 1619.80 1661.17 1,608.12 1543.50 64.62
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)   55.68 55.02 74.41 52.30 67.17 60.92 57.00 3.92
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