Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON  31th May – 06th June  2006 1st Week  
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded lower.
Crude palm oil price traded lower by RM19.00 to RM1,395.50  with  the  highest traded price at RM1,440.00.  However, RBD palm olein traded higher by US$2.00 to US$413.50.  Local CPO prices traded lower due to:
>> Weak palm oil exports performance during the first week of June 2006.
>> Lower SGS export data for the month of May, down by 3% to 1.15 million tonnes.      
>> Concerns over higher May CPO production, estimated up 4% to 1.36 million tonnes.
             
Crude palm oil export duty.
>> For the current week 05/06/2006 –11/06/2006, the CPO export duty payable is RM193.36/ tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded firmer.
>> Crude palm oil price traded lower by US$5.50 to US$440.00. CPO discount vis-à-vis SBO narrowed to US$126.50 this week.
>> RBD palm olein traded lower by US$9.00 to US$469.50 and was at a discount of US$126.50 against SBO.    
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
31/05/06 01/06/06 02/06/06 05/06/06 06/06/06 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 1,401.50 1397.50 1389.00 1397.00 1395.50 1,395.50 1,414.50 -19.00
PK (Ex-mill) 848.00 849.00 841.50 841.50 843.50 846.00 846.50 -0.50
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 1,813.50 1799.00 1794.00 1813.00 1812.00 1,804.50 1,801.50 3.00
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) NT 399.50 407.50 401.50 NT 402.50 402.00 0.50
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 417.50 412.00 412.00 415.00 NT 413.50 411.50 2.00
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 404.50 NT 406.50 397.00 NT 399.50 403.00 -3.50
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 465.00 465.00 467.50 UNQ 470.00 466.88 467.50 -0.63
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 460.00 462.50 457.50 UNQ 465.00 461.25 462.50 -1.25
CPO (Cif Rott) 442.50 437.50 437.50 UNQ 442.50 440.00 445.50 -5.50
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 599.07 599.98 599.40 UNQ 593.94 598.09 594.00 4.09
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 692.50 697.50 689.00 UNQ 690.00 692.25 690.50 1.75
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 853.06 864.07 869.38 UNQ 865.89 863.10 848.50 14.60
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 452.50 452.50 452.50 UNQ 452.50 452.50 454.00 -1.50
Tallow 415.00 415.00 415.00 UNQ 415.00 415.00 415.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 555.00 555.00 550.00 UNQ 550.00 552.50 549.00 3.50
CNO (Cif Rott) 580.00 582.50 585.00 UNQ 582.50 582.50 577.50 5.00
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -156.57 -162.48 -161.90 UNQ -151.44 -158.09 -148.50 -9.59
CPO/RSO -410.56 -426.57 -431.88 UNQ -423.39 -423.10 -403.00 -20.10
RBD P.Olein/SBO -134.07 -134.98 -131.90 UNQ -123.94 -131.22 -126.50 -4.72
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -227.50 -232.50 -221.50 UNQ -220.00 -225.38 -223.00 -2.38
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 37.50 37.50 37.50 UNQ 37.50 37.50 39.00 -1.50
PKO/CNO -25.00 -27.50 -35.00 UNQ -32.50 -30.00 -29.00 -1.00
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO Aug  2006 (RM) 1444.00 1439.00 1438.00 1447.00 1448.00 1443.20 1440.50 2.70
CBOT SBO Aug  2006 (US$) 559.46 557.92 560.20 561.22 555.50 558.86 558.00 0.86
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA      
FOB Indonesia (US$) 385.00 385.00 385.00 385.00 385.00 385.00 386.50 -1.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 396.00 396.00 396.00 396.00 396.00 396.00 397.50 -1.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 1436.33 1439.46 1439.97 1438.43 1442.07 1,439.25 1445.50 -6.25
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)  34.83 41.96 50.97 41.43 46.57 43.15 33.00 10.15
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