Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON  31th Jan   – 06th Feb  2007 1st Week
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded firmer.            
Crude palm oil price traded higher by RM19.50 to RM1,926.50,  with the  highest traded price at RM1,960.00.  RBD palm olein traded higher by US$1.00 to US$568.00.  Palm oil prices were traded higher due to:
n Firmer CBOT soyabean oil futures due to higher crude oil price sentiments and dry weather condition in Argentina. 
n Local palm oil markets were supported by higher price sentiments in the BMD CPO futures.
n Firmer palm oil prices were supported by reported that US farmers could plant 7 to 10 million more corn acres this spring compared at the expense of fewer soyabean acres. This could lower soyabean acres to 69.5 million this spring against 78.5 million in 2006.
Crude palm oil export duty.
n  For the current week 05/02/2007 –11/02/2007, the CPO export duty payable is RM336.39/ tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded lower.
n Crude palm oil price traded higher by US$12.00 to US$604.00. CPO price discount vis-à-vis SBO widened to US$109.50 this week.
n RBD palm olein traded higher by US$8.50 to US$623.00 and was at a price discount of US$90.50 against SBO    
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
31/01/07 01/02/07 02/02/07 05/02/07 06/02/07 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 1,899.50 1900.00 1916.50 1946.00 1931.50 1,926.50 1,907.00 19.50
PK (Ex-mill) 1,068.50 1096.50 1070.50 1086.50 1091.00 1,082.50 1,064.00 18.50
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 2,111.50 NT 2125.00 2169.00 2167.50 2,134.50 2,101.00 33.50
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 554.50 NT NT NT NT 554.50 554.00 0.50
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 563.00 NT 569.00 577.00 572.50 568.00 567.00 1.00
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 505.50 NT 524.00 531.50 NT 515.00 517.50 -2.50
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 617.50 617.50 622.50 632.50 625.00 623.00 614.50 8.50
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 610.00 610.00 612.50 622.50 615.00 614.00 608.50 5.50
CPO (Cif Rott) 600.00 600.00 600.00 615.00 605.00 604.00 592.00 12.00
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 707.09 707.15 703.95 722.79 727.56 713.71 700.50 13.21
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 720.00 720.00 710.00 720.00 720.00 718.00 722.00 -4.00
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 801.98 807.43 801.18 805.54 791.11 801.45 802.50 -1.05
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 562.50 UNQ 572.50 575.00 575.00 571.25 566.50 4.75
Tallow 570.00 570.00 570.00 570.00 570.00 570.00 570.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 675.00 680.00 680.00 690.00 685.00 682.00 659.00 23.00
CNO (Cif Rott) 740.00 765.00 762.50 770.00 765.00 760.50 738.50 22.00
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -107.09 -107.15 -103.95 -107.79 -122.56 -109.71 -105.50 -4.21
CPO/RSO -201.98 -207.43 -201.18 -190.54 -186.11 -197.45 -207.50 10.05
RBD P.Olein/SBO -89.59 -89.65 -81.45 -90.29 -102.56 -90.71 -86.00 -4.71
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -102.50 -102.50 -87.50 -87.50 -95.00 -95.00 -107.50 12.50
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow -7.50 -570.00 2.50 5.00 5.00 -113.00 -3.50 -109.50
PKO/CNO -65.00 -85.00 -82.50 -80.00 -80.00 -78.50 -79.50 1.00
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO Apr 2007 (RM) 1855.00 PH 1917.00 1952.00 1917.00 1910.25 1870.00 40.25
CBOT SBO May  2007 (US$) 655.82 661.98 678.26 685.08 679.58 672.14 650.50 21.64
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA       
FOB Belawan US$ (Offered Price) 535.00 535.00 542.50 547.50 540.00 540.00 533.50 6.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 546.00 546.00 553.50 558.50 551.00 551.00 544.50 6.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 1911.11 1911.11 1937.36 1954.86 1925.91 1,928.07 1906.50 21.57
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)   11.61 11.11 20.86 8.86 -5.59 9.37 -1.00 10.37
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