Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON  27th Dec  2006 – 02nd Jan  2007 1st Week
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded higher.            
Crude palm oil price traded higher by RM83.50 to RM2002.50,  with the  highest traded price at RM2,035.00.  RBD palm olein traded higher by US$29.50 to US$593.00.  Prices were traded firmer due to:
n Persistent fears of supply disruption after torrential rains in palm oil producing areas of Southern Peninsula Malaysia. The floods have cut off main roads in Johor, which is a major palm oil producing region.
n Supported by BMD CPO futures market, which was up by 2.2% to RM2038.00, its highest level recorded for the past eight (8) years.  The positive sentiment was boosted by fears that floods would further cut supplies. 
n  Palm oil price was supported by strong buying in the physical market for prompt shipments.
n Firmer CBOT soyabean oil futures and physical market price performance continues to find support arising from conversion of corn areas to soyabean in 2007.
Crude palm oil export duty.
n For the current week 01/01/2007 –07/01/2007, the CPO export duty payable is RM349.82/ tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded higher.
n Crude palm oil price traded higher by US$1.00 to US$624.50. CPO price discount vis-à-vis SBO narrowed to US$79.50 this week.
n RBD palm olein traded lower by US$1.50 to US$649.00 and was at a price discount of US$54.00 against SBO.    
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
27/12/06 28/12/06 29/12/06 01/01/07 02/01/07 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 1,981.50 2009.00 2005.50 PH PH 2,002.50 1,919.00 83.50
PK (Ex-mill) 1,116.00 1133.50 1137.00 PH PH 1,129.50 1,076.50 53.00
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 2,238.00 2264.00 2278.00 PH PH 2,255.00 2,167.50 87.50
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 575.00 576.00 592.00 PH PH 582.50 542.00 40.50
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 586.50 594.50 601.50 PH PH 593.00 563.50 29.50
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) UNQ 535.00 542.50 PH PH 540.00 485.50 54.50
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 645.00 650.00 652.50 PH UNQ 649.17 650.56 -1.39
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 637.50 642.50 645.00 PH UNQ 641.67 643.06 -1.39
CPO (Cif Rott) 620.00 625.00 625.00 PH UNQ 623.33 624.44 -1.11
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 699.40 703.90 705.51 PH 710.27 704.77 706.11 -1.34
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) UNQ UNQ UNQ PH UNQ #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 868.68 868.36 867.11 PH 869.58 868.43 868.37 0.06
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 575.00 575.00 585.00 PH UNQ 578.33 579.44 -1.11
Tallow 535.00 535.00 535.00 PH 535.00 535.00 535.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 680.00 680.00 675.00 PH UNQ 678.33 677.78 0.56
CNO (Cif Rott) 760.00 760.00 770.00 PH UNQ 763.33 764.44 -1.11
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -79.40 -78.90 -80.51 PH UNQ -79.60 -79.67 0.07
CPO/RSO -248.68 -243.36 -242.11 PH UNQ -244.72 -243.40 -1.32
RBD P.Olein/SBO -54.40 -53.90 -53.01 PH UNQ -53.77 -53.56 -0.21
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil UNQ UNQ UNQ PH UNQ UNQ 108.33 -1.39
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 40.00 40.00 50.00 PH UNQ 43.33 44.44 -1.11
PKO/CNO -80.00 -80.00 -95.00 PH UNQ -85.00 -86.67 1.67
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO Mar 2007 (RM) 1989.00 2038.00 1995.00 PH PH 2007.33 2013.44 -6.11
CBOT SBO Mar  2007 (US$) 642.18 646.36 653.62 PH 655.82 649.50 651.32 -1.83
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA      
FOB Belawan US$ (Offered Price) 566.50 575.00 567.50 PH UNQ 569.67 570.72 -1.06
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 577.50 586.00 578.50 UNQ UNQ 580.67 581.72 -1.06
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 2052.26 2077.25 2042.74 UNQ UNQ 2,057.42 2059.14 -1.72
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)  70.76 68.25 37.24 UNQ UNQ 58.75 54.75 4.00
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