Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON       30th Dec  2009 - 05th Jan   2010 1st Week
Prices in the domestic market traded higher.
  Crude palm oil price traded higher by RM85.50 to RM2,586.50,  with the highest  traded price at RM2,690.00.  Price of RBD palm olein traded higher by US$29.50 to US$784.00.  Palm oil prices traded higher mainly due to:
n  Firmer CBOT soyabean oil futures on the dollar and adverse weather in both the U.S. Midwest and Argentina. 
n Higher Bursa Malaysian CPO futures on expectations of weaker palm oil stocks and concerns over production moving into low production phase in the coming months.
n Support from crude oil prices, rose over US$79 a barrel as expectations of colder weather in the United States and expectations of a further drawdown in crude inventories.
n Firmer U.S. corn futures leaped nearly 2% to a six-month peak on fund buying and as a winter storm stalled the final harvest of the 2009 corn crop and on bullish technical indicators.
 Crude palm oil exports duty.
n For the current week 04/01/2010 – 10/01/2010, the CPO export duty payable is RM510.79/tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded  higher.
n Crude palm oil price traded higher by US$7.50 at US$819.50. CPO discount vis-à-vis SBO widened at US$143.50 this week.
n RBD palm olein traded higher by US$23.00 to US$853.50 and was at a discount of US$110.00 against SBO.
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
30/12/09 31/12/09 01/01/10 04/01/10 05/01/10 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)              
CPO (Lcl Deld) 2,532.00 2586.50 PH 2598.00 2613.50 2,586.50 2,501.00 85.50
PK (Ex-mill) 1,370.00 1398.50 PH 1399.50 1422.00 1,398.50 1,321.50 77.00
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 2,905.50 2990.00 PH 3005.50 3032.00 2,968.50 2,829.00 139.50
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)                
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 748.00 778.50 PH 788.00 805.00 765.50 745.50 20.00
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 767.00 780.00 PH 809.50 820.00 784.00 754.50 29.50
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 697.50 NT PH 737.50 NT 702.50 707.00 -4.50
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)              
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 830.00 852.50 PH 870.00 862.50 853.75 830.50 23.25
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 815.00 837.50 PH 855.00 847.50 838.75 815.50 23.25
CPO (Cif Rott) 800.00 820.00 PH 832.50 825.00 819.38 812.00 7.38
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 941.27 UNQ PH UNQ 971.19 956.23 940.00 16.23
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 975.00 UNQ PH 990.00 1,000.00 988.33 975.00 13.33
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 922.67 944.12 PH 945.62 942.41 938.71 932.50 6.21
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 760.00 775.00 PH 780.00 790.00 776.25 756.00 20.25
Tallow 750.00 750.00 PH 750.00 750.00 750.00 750.00 0.00
PKO (Cif Rott) 865.00 880.00 PH 890.00 895.00 882.50 851.00 31.50
CNO (Cif Rott) 800.00 820.00 PH 825.00 820.00 816.25 781.00 35.25
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)          
CPO/SBO -141.27 UNQ PH UNQ -146.19 -143.73 -137.50 -6.23
CPO/RSO -122.67 -124.12 PH -113.12 -117.41 -119.33 -120.50 1.17
RBD P.Olein/SBO -111.27 UNQ PH UNQ -108.69 -109.98 -107.50 -2.48
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -145.00 UNQ PH -120.00 -137.50 -134.17 -144.50 10.33
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 10.00 25.00 PH 30.00 40.00 26.25 6.00 20.25
PKO/CNO 65.00 60.00 PH 65.00 75.00 66.25 70.00 -3.75
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)                
BMD CPO March 2010 (RM) 2595.00 2663.00 PH 2680.00 2682.00 2655.00 2580.50 74.50
CBOT SBO March 2010 (US$) 876.70 900.02 PH 907.72 903.32 896.94 874.50 22.44
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA             
FOB Belawan US$ (Offered Price) 740.00 735.00 PH 765.00 770.00 752.50 735.00 17.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 751.00 746.00 PH 776.00 781.00 763.50 746.00 17.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 2578.18 2561.02 PH 2655.08 2647.59 2,610.47 2559.50 50.97
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)   46.18 -25.48 PH 57.08 34.09 27.97 59.00 -31.03
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