Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON   28th Feb  – 06th Mar  2007 1st Week
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded lower.            
Crude palm oil price traded lower by RM4.00 to RM1,937.00,  with the  highest traded price at RM1,975.00.  RBD palm olein traded lower by US$5.00 to US$583.50.  Prices were traded lower:
n Pressured by lower BMD CPO and CBOT soyabean oil futures prices.  
n Concerns over slow trade in China, P.R amid financial worries after China’s main stock index closed lower during the week.
n Pressured downward by sluggish February’s export performance.  SGS released lower February’s exports data by 10.3% to 858,485 tonnes compared to January 2007. 
Crude palm oil export duty.
n .For the current week 05/03/2007 –11/03/2007, the CPO export duty payable is RM345.87/ tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded lower.
n Crude palm oil price traded lower by US$2.00 to US$610.50. CPO price discount vis-à-vis SBO narrowed to US$113.50 this week.
n RBD palm olein traded lower by US$4.50 to US$631.00 and was at a price discount of US$93.00 against SBO.    
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
28/02/07 01/03/07 02/03/07 05/03/07 06/03/07 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 1,944.00 1951.50 1934.50 1929.50 1939.00 1,937.00 1,941.00 -4.00
PK (Ex-mill) 1,110.50 1108.50 1107.50 1093.50 1094.50 1,103.00 1,104.00 -1.00
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 2,227.50 2213.00 2202.00 2159.50 2158.00 2,194.50 2,226.00 -31.50
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 577.50 579.50 569.00 571.00 NT 576.00 580.00 -4.00
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 587.00 585.00 580.50 578.00 577.50 583.50 588.50 -5.00
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 549.50 535.00 NT 548.00 545.00 541.50 539.50 2.00
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 635.00 632.50 630.00 625.00 632.50 631.00 635.50 -4.50
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 630.00 627.50 625.00 620.00 625.00 625.50 630.50 -5.00
CPO (Cif Rott) 615.00 610.00 610.00 605.00 612.50 610.50 612.50 -2.00
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 734.15 726.27 723.97 716.13 719.90 724.09 734.00 -9.91
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 730.00 725.00 725.00 722.50 757.50 732.00 718.00 14.00
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 793.68 784.27 784.63 778.97 773.67 783.04 785.00 -1.96
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 597.50 595.00 595.00 547.50 547.50 576.50 594.00 -17.50
Tallow 555.00 555.00 555.00 555.00 555.00 555.00 555.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 705.00 695.00 700.00 700.00 700.00 700.00 695.00 5.00
CNO (Cif Rott) 765.00 760.00 760.00 760.00 765.00 762.00 767.50 -5.50
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -119.15 -116.27 -113.97 -111.13 -107.40 -113.59 -121.50 7.91
CPO/RSO -178.68 -174.27 -174.63 -173.97 -161.17 -172.54 -172.50 -0.04
RBD P.Olein/SBO -99.15 -93.77 -93.97 -91.13 -87.40 -93.09 -98.50 5.41
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -95.00 -92.50 -95.00 -97.50 -125.00 -101.00 -82.50 -18.50
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 42.50 40.00 40.00 -7.50 -7.50 21.50 24.00 -2.50
PKO/CNO -60.00 -65.00 -60.00 -60.00 -65.00 -62.00 -72.50 10.50
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO May 2007 (RM) 1960.00 1950.00 1940.00 1923.00 1943.00 1943.20 1945.00 -1.80
CBOT SBO May  2007 (US$) 685.30 670.56 661.76 659.56 656.70 666.78 680.00 -13.22
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA       
FOB Belawan US$ (Offered Price) 550.00 552.50 547.50 545.00 547.50 548.50 549.50 -1.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 561.00 563.50 558.50 556.00 558.50 559.50 560.50 -1.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 1966.36 1974.45 1961.73 1953.62 1963.07 1,963.85 1957.50 6.35
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)   22.36 22.95 27.23 24.12 24.07 24.15 17.00 7.15
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