Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON   02nd  – 08th May  2007 1st  Week
Prices in the domestic and export markets remain firmer.          
Crude palm oil price traded higher, up by RM77.00 to RM2,376.50,  with the  highest traded price at RM2,400.00.  RBD palm olein traded higher by US$11.50 to US$720.50.  Prices were traded higher:
n Supported by firmer CBOT soyabean oil and BMD CPO futures prices.
n Markets concerns over CPO supplies as exports growth higher than production in the month of April. 
n Higher SGS April exports data, up 13.3% to 1.131 million tonnes. Thus, the bullish export performance added pressure toward tight supplies. 
Crude palm oil export duty.
n  .For the current week 07/05/2007 – 13/05/2007, the CPO export duty payable is RM441.65/ tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded lower.
n Crude palm oil price traded lower by US$6.00 to US$721.50. CPO price discount vis-à-vis SBO widened to US$64.00 this week.
n  RBD palm olein traded lower by US$3.00 to US$740.50 and was at a price discount of US$45.50 against SBO.
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
02/05/07 03/05/07 04/05/07 07/05/07 08/05/07 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) PH 2361.50 2384.50 2384.00 2385.00 2,376.50 2,299.50 77.00
PK (Ex-mill) PH 1277.50 1296.50 1280.00 1274.00 1,281.50 1,268.50 13.00
CPKO(Lcl Deld) PH 2574.50 2576.00 2554.50 2550.50 2,566.50 2,520.50 46.00
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) PH NT NT 710.00 NT 710.00 701.00 9.00
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) PH 712.00 731.00 714.50 720.00 720.50 709.00 11.50
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) PH NT NT 679.00 680.00 679.00 675.00 4.00
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) UNQ 750.00 745.00 732.50 735.00 740.63 743.50 -2.88
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) UNQ 745.00 740.00 727.50 757.50 742.50 738.50 4.00
CPO (Cif Rott) 720.00 732.50 725.00 717.50 712.50 721.50 727.50 -6.00
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 784.55 778.92 795.19 789.73 779.73 785.62 766.00 19.62
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 810.00 835.00 835.00 820.00 810.00 822.00 785.50 36.50
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 829.42 854.91 842.77 833.30 818.99 835.88 823.50 12.38
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) UNQ 742.50 735.00 735.00 720.00 733.13 717.50 15.63
Tallow 560.00 560.00 560.00 560.00 560.00 560.00 550.00 10.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 810.00 815.00 820.00 817.50 820.00 816.50 808.00 8.50
CNO (Cif Rott) 850.00 855.00 860.00 857.50 857.50 856.00 835.50 20.50
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -64.55 -46.42 -70.19 -72.23 -67.23 -64.12 -39.50 -24.62
CPO/RSO -109.42 -122.41 -117.77 -115.80 -106.49 -114.38 -97.00 -17.38
RBD P.Olein/SBO UNQ -28.92 -50.19 -57.23 -44.73 -45.27 -21.00 -24.27
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil UNQ -85.00 -90.00 -87.50 -75.00 -84.38 -40.50 -43.88
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow UNQ 182.50 175.00 175.00 160.00 173.13 146.00 27.13
PKO/CNO -40.00 -40.00 -40.00 -40.00 -37.50 -39.50 -27.50 -12.00
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO July  2007 (RM) PH 2299.00 2288.00 2245.00 2238.00 2267.50 2184.00 83.50
CBOT SBO July  2007 (US$) 738.98 739.86 729.74 726.88 726.88 732.47 712.00 20.47
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA       
FOB Belawan US$ (Offered Price) UNQ 712.50 712.50 705.00 707.50 709.38 683.50 25.88
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) UNQ 723.50 723.50 716.00 718.50 720.38 694.50 25.88
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) UNQ 2476.90 2475.09 2448.72 2454.04 2,463.69 2380.00 83.69
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)   UNQ 115.40 90.59 64.72 69.04 84.94 94.00 -9.06
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