Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON   26th Dec 2007  - 01st Jan  2008 1st  Week
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded firmer.
Crude palm oil price traded  firmer, up  by RM126.00 to RM3,107.50,  with the highest traded price at RM3,150.00.  RBD palm olein traded higher by US$28.00 to US$982.00. Prices were traded firmer due to:
n BMD CPO futures price surged to a new high on short-covering activities last week fuelled by higher CBOT soyabean price.
n In line with firmer crude oil prices, rose above US$97 per barrel helped positive sentiments.
n Higher SGS palm oil exports data for the first 25 days of December, increased by 1.1% to 1.12 million tonnes from 1.10 million  tonnes during  the same period in November.
n Concerns over supply squeeze in the Malaysian major palm oil producing states after the monsoon flooding helped boost sentiment. 
Crude palm oil export duty.
n  For the current week 31/12/2007 – 06/01/2008, the CPO export duty payable is RM663.93/ tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded  higher.
n Crude palm oil price traded higher by US$46.00 to US$988.50. CPO discount vis-à-vis SBO widened to US$239.50  this week.
n RBD palm olein traded higher by US$42.00  at US$1031.00  and  was  at a discount of US$194.50 against SBO.
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
26/12/2007 27/12/2007 28/12/2007 31/12/2007 01/01/2008 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 3,065.00 3134.00 3116.00 3105.50 PH 3,107.50 2,981.50 126.00
PK (Ex-mill) 1,871.00 1906.50 1922.50 1870.00 PH 1,894.50 1,829.50 65.00
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 3,816.00 3907.00 3894.00 3926.00 PH 3,869.50 3,720.50 149.00
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 971.00 NT 978.00 985.00 PH 975.50 940.50 35.00
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 973.50 NT 988.00 992.50 PH 982.00 954.00 28.00
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 892.50 NT 917.50 925.00 PH 901.00 871.00 30.00
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 1,010.00 1,032.50 1,042.50 1,040.00 PH 1,031.25 989.00 42.25
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 1,002.50 1,025.00 1,035.00 1,032.50 PH 1,023.75 980.00 43.75
CPO (Cif Rott) 977.50 990.00 995.00 992.50 PH 988.75 942.50 46.25
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) UNQ 1,229.37 1,234.59 UNQ PH 1,231.98 1161.50 70.48
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) UNQ 1,550.00 1,550.00 1,550.00 PH 1,550.00 1457.00 93.00
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) UNQ UNQ 1,464.14 1,471.80 PH 1,467.97 1393.00 74.97
            PH      
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 945.00 980.00 990.00 980.00 PH 973.75 934.00 39.75
Tallow UNQ 840.00 840.00 840.00 PH 840.00 840.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) UNQ 1,180.00 1,195.00 1,185.00 PH 1,186.67 1125.50 61.17
CNO (Cif Rott) UNQ 1,200.00 1,205.00 1,200.00 PH 1,201.67 1144.50 57.17
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO UNQ -239.37 -239.59 UNQ PH -239.48 -219.00 -20.48
CPO/RSO UNQ UNQ -469.14 -479.30 PH -474.22 -450.50 -23.72
RBD P.Olein/SBO UNQ -196.87 -192.09 UNQ PH -194.48 -172.50 -21.98
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil UNQ -525.00 -507.50 -510.00 PH -514.17 -468.00 -46.17
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow UNQ 140.00 150.00 140.00 PH 143.33 94.00 49.33
PKO/CNO UNQ -20.00 -10.00 -15.00 PH -15.00 -19.00 4.00
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO March  2008 (RM) 3080.00 3097.00 3125.00 3050.00 PH 3088.00 2933.50 154.50
CBOT SBO March  2008 (US$) 1,092.52 1086.14 1,092.74 1,091.86 PH 1090.82 1033.00 57.82
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA       
FOB Belawan US$ (Offered Price) 917.50 917.50 932.50 927.50 PH 923.75 876.50 47.25
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 932.50 932.50 947.50 942.50 PH 938.75 891.50 47.25
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 3116.42 3115.48 3151.39 3117.79 PH 3,125.27 2962.50 162.77
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)   51.42 -18.52 35.39 12.29 PH 20.14 42.00 -21.86
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