Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON  26th Apr  – 02nd May  2006 1st Week  
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded firmer.
Crude palm oil price traded higher by RM12.50 to RM1,442.00  with  the  highest traded price at RM1,460.00.  RBD palm olein traded higher by US$10.00 to US$424.00.  Prices were higher due to:
>> Supported by bullish CBOT soyabean oil futures market.
>> Higher SGS export data for the month of April, up 11.8% to 1.18 million tonnes.      
>> Firmer BMD CPO futures price sentiment.
         
Crude palm oil export duty.
>> For the current week 01/05/2006 –07/05/2006, the CPO export duty payable is RM199.94/ tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded firmer.
>> Crude palm oil price traded higher by US$4.50 to US$453.00. CPO discount vis-à-vis SBO widened at US$122.00 this week.
>> RBD palm olein traded higher by US$5.00 to US$479.00 and was at a discount of US$96.50 against SBO.
       
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
26/04/06 27/04/06 28/04/06 01/05/06 02/05/06 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 1,446.00 1438.00 1444.50 PH 1437.00 1,442.00 1,429.50 12.50
PK (Ex-mill) 932.50 924.50 928.00 PH 920.00 928.00 926.50 1.50
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 1,962.00 1963.50 1953.50 PH 1930.50 1,957.50 1,961.00 -3.50
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 417.50 411.00 418.50 PH 417.50 418.00 409.00 9.00
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 422.00 424.50 424.50 PH 427.50 424.00 414.00 10.00
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) NT 400.50 403.00 PH 397.50 400.50 399.50 1.00
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 475.00 477.50 482.50 UNQ 480.00 478.75 474.00 4.75
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 467.50 470.00 470.00 UNQ 470.00 469.38 466.00 3.38
CPO (Cif Rott) 452.50 452.50 455.00 UNQ 452.50 453.13 448.50 4.63
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 567.02 567.93 590.99 UNQ 574.67 575.15 556.00 19.15
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 695.00 685.00 692.50 UNQ 685.00 689.38 692.00 -2.63
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 797.70 783.56 794.30 UNQ 814.64 797.55 789.50 8.05
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 445.00 445.00 447.50 UNQ 447.50 446.25 445.00 1.25
Tallow 390.00 390.00 390.00 UNQ 390.00 390.00 390.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 587.50 590.00 585.00 UNQ 587.50 587.50 590.50 -3.00
CNO (Cif Rott) 595.00 600.00 595.00 UNQ 600.00 597.50 600.50 -3.00
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -114.52 -115.43 -135.99 UNQ -122.17 -122.03 -107.50 -14.53
CPO/RSO -345.20 -331.06 -339.30 UNQ -362.14 -344.42 -341.00 -3.42
RBD P.Olein/SBO -92.02 -90.43 -108.49 UNQ -94.67 -96.40 -82.00 -14.40
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -220.00 -207.50 -210.00 UNQ -205.00 -210.63 -218.00 7.38
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 55.00 55.00 57.50 UNQ 57.50 56.25 30.00 26.25
PKO/CNO -7.50 -10.00 -10.00 UNQ -12.50 -10.00 -10.00 0.00
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO Jul  2006 (RM) 1473.00 1473.00 1481.00 PH 1465.00 1473.00 1479.50 -6.50
CBOT SBO Jul  2006 (US$) 554.40 563.64 569.36 UNQ 566.06 563.37 546.00 17.37
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA      
FOB Indonesia (US$) 390.00 390.00 392.50 UNQ 390.00 390.63 388.00 2.63
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 401.00 401.00 403.50 UNQ 401.00 401.63 399.00 2.63
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 1509.36 1515.38 1524.83 UNQ 1515.38 1,516.24 1506.50 9.74
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)  63.36 77.38 80.33 UNQ 78.38 74.86 75.50 -0.64
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