Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON   26th Sept -02nd Oct  2007 1st Week
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded higher.
Crude palm oil price traded  firmer, up  by RM61.50 to RM2,704.00,  with the  highest traded price at RM2,750.00.  RBD palm olein traded higher by US$10.00 to US$833.00.  Prices were traded higher due to:
n Traders covered their short positions at BMD CPO futures in reaction to a bullish market forecast by industrial analyst.
n Firmer CBOT soyabean oil prices due to historically high wheat prices.  The sentiments could attract farmers to plant more grains at the expense of soyabean this spring.
n Higher SGS’s exports of palm oil during September, up 11.9% to 1,415,266 tonnes compared to 1,264,422 tonnes in August.
Crude palm oil export duty.
n  For the current week 01/10/2007 – 07/10/2007, the CPO export duty payable is RM576.62/ tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded  firmer.
n Crude palm oil price traded higher by US$6.50 to US$846.50. CPO discount vis-à-vis SBO narrowed to US$136.00  this week.
n RBD palm olein traded higher by US$9.00  at US$879.00  and  was  at  a discount of US$102.00 against SBO.
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
26/09/07 27/09/07 28/09/07 01/10/07 02/10/07 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 2,679.00 2685.50 2712.00 2708.00 2696.50 2,704.00 2,642.50 61.50
PK (Ex-mill) 1,656.00 1661.50 1672.00 1659.50 1677.00 1,667.50 1,616.00 51.50
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 3,167.50 3167.50 3210.00 3214.50 3194.50 3,196.00 3,115.00 81.00
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 828.50 827.50 825.00 NT NT 825.50 816.00 9.50
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 832.50 837.50 833.00 837.50 NT 833.00 823.00 10.00
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 766.50 NT 770.00 NT NT 767.00 729.50 37.50
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 887.50 875.00 877.50 885.00 870.00 879.00 870.00 9.00
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 880.00 882.50 877.50 877.50 865.00 876.50 862.50 14.00
CPO (Cif Rott) 850.00 850.00 855.00 847.50 830.00 846.50 840.00 6.50
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 981.18 UNQ 992.11 989.92 964.09 981.82 983.00 -1.18
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) UNQ UNQ 1,290.00 1,290.00 1,290.00 1,290.00 1285.00 5.00
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) UNQ UNQ 1,107.41 1,122.19 1,196.27 1,141.96 1065.50 76.46
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 825.00 825.00 830.00 835.00 825.00 828.00 810.00 18.00
Tallow 745.00 745.00 745.00 745.00 745.00 745.00 720.00 25.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 955.00 955.00 960.00 960.00 960.00 958.00 941.00 17.00
CNO (Cif Rott) 960.00 965.00 970.00 970.00 972.50 967.50 947.00 20.50
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -131.18 UNQ -137.11 -142.42 -134.09 -136.20 -143.50 7.30
CPO/RSO UNQ UNQ -252.41 -274.69 -366.27 -297.79 -225.50 -72.29
RBD P.Olein/SBO -93.68 UNQ -114.61 -104.92 -94.09 -101.82 -113.50 11.68
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil UNQ UNQ -412.50 -405.00 -420.00 -412.50 -412.50 0.00
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 80.00 80.00 85.00 90.00 80.00 83.00 90.00 -7.00
PKO/CNO -5.00 -10.00 -10.00 -10.00 -12.50 -9.50 -6.00 -3.50
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO November  2007 (RM) 2668.00 2615.00 2655.00 2644.00 2569.00 2630.20 2636.00 -5.80
CBOT SBO December  2007 (US$) 862.18 887.70 880.00 871.86 849.20 870.19 869.50 0.69
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA      
FOB Belawan US$ (Offered Price) 797.50 790.00 797.50 795.00 787.00 793.40 784.00 9.40
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 812.50 805.00 812.50 810.00 802.00 808.40 799.00 9.40
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 2784.84 2753.91 2777.53 2751.57 2726.80 2,758.93 2752.00 6.93
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)  105.84 68.40 65.53 43.57 30.30 62.73 107.50 -44.77
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