Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON   27th Feb  -   04th Mar  2008 1st  Week
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded firmer.
Crude palm oil price traded firm, increased  by  RM316.00 to RM3,995.00,  with the highest  traded price at RM4,400.00. RBD palm olein traded higher by US$87.50 to US$1,316.00. Prices were traded firmer due to:                                                                                                                                                   
n Supported by aggressive short-covering and fund buying at the BMD  CPO futures prices.
n Firmer CBOT soyabean complex prices to an all-time high on renewed technical and speculative buying.
n Higher crude oil prices surged above US$103 a barrel and speculation that China will continue mop up edible oil on the world market.
n Higher SGS’s January palm oil export, up  by 6.2% to 1.1 million tonnes helped provide bullish sentiments.
Crude palm oil export duty.
n  For the current week 03/03/2008 – 09/03/2008, the CPO export duty payable is RM865.91/tonne. 
Palm oil prices in Europe traded  firm.
n Crude palm oil price traded higher by US$97.50 to US$1313.50. CPO discount vis-à-vis SBO widened to US$282.50  this week.
n RBD palm olein traded higher  by US$116.50  at US$1415.50  and  was  at a discount of US$180.50 against SBO.
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
27/02/2008 28/02/2008 29/02/2008 03/03/2008 04/03/2008 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 3,822.00 3835.00 3949.00 4155.00 4219.00 3,995.00 3,679.00 316.00
PK (Ex-mill) 2,132.50 2128.00 2126.00 2193.00 2198.50 2,162.00 2,097.50 64.50
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 4,337.50 4304.50 4345.00 4499.50 4454.00 4,401.00 4,271.50 129.50
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 1,279.50 1372.00 1329.00 NT NT 1,316.50 1228.00 88.50
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 1,285.00 1332.00 1360.50 1402.50 1420.00 1,316.00 1228.50 87.50
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 1,147.00 NT 1181.50 NT NT 1,175.50 1076.00 99.50
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 1,342.50 1,350.00 1,420.00 1,520.00 1,445.00 1,415.50 1299.00 116.50
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 1,330.00 1,340.00 1,410.00 1,510.00 1,517.50 1,421.50 1291.00 130.50
CPO (Cif Rott) 1,245.00 1,250.00 1,340.00 1,395.00 1,337.50 1,313.50 1216.00 97.50
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 1,535.59 1,564.98 1,602.33 1,650.94 1,625.39 1,595.85 1474.00 121.85
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 1,850.00 UNQ 1,860.00 1,875.00 1,870.00 1,863.75 1821.00 42.75
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 1,535.59 1,583.21 1,564.36 1,608.55 1,605.60 1,579.47 1493.50 85.97
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 1,235.00 1,235.00 1,270.00 1,335.00 1,300.00 1,275.00 1187.00 88.00
Tallow 935.00 935.00 935.00 935.00 935.00 935.00 890.00 45.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 1,475.00 1,480.00 1,525.00 1,620.00 1,560.00 1,532.00 1429.00 103.00
CNO (Cif Rott) 1,475.00 1,480.00 1,525.00 1,620.00 1,560.00 1,532.00 1429.00 103.00
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -290.59 -314.98 -262.33 -255.94 -287.89 -282.35 -258.00 -24.35
CPO/RSO -290.59 -333.21 -224.36 -213.55 -268.10 -265.97 -277.50 11.53
RBD P.Olein/SBO -193.09 -214.98 -182.33 -130.94 -180.39 -180.35 -175.00 -5.35
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -507.50 UNQ -440.00 -355.00 -425.00 -431.88 -522.00 90.13
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 300.00 300.00 335.00 400.00 365.00 340.00 297.00 43.00
PKO/CNO 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO May  2008 (RM) 3864.00 3850.00 4005.00 4330.00 4099.00 4029.60 2758.50 1271.10
CBOT SBO May  2008 (US$) 1,440.34 1480.60 1,514.04 1,558.04 1,514.04 1501.41 1394.50 106.91
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA       
FOB Belawan US$ (Offered Price) 1,212.50 1,207.50 1,262.50 1,342.50 1,302.50 1,265.50 1149.00 116.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 1,227.50 1,222.50 1,277.50 1,357.50 1,317.50 1,280.50 1,164.00 116.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 3933.52 3914.45 4075.23 4330.43 4205.46 4,091.82 3746.00 345.82
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)   111.52 79.45 126.23 175.43 -13.54 95.82 26.50 69.32
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