Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON  30th Aug  – 05th Sept  2006 1st Week  
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded firmer.
Crude palm oil price traded lower by RM11.00 to RM1,563.00,  with  the  highest traded price at RM1,580.00.  RBD palm olein traded lower by US$7.50 to US$462.00.  Prices were bearish due to:
>> Weaker CBOT soyabean oil and BMD CPO futures prices.
>> Palm oil market succumbed to pressure by declining global commodity prices and weaker crude petroleum market.
       
>> Nevertheless, the market was still supported by strong Chinese and European buying and expectation of improved exports to the Middle East and Pakistan ahead of the fasting month of Ramadan. 
Crude palm oil export duty.
>> For the current week 04/09/2006 –10/09/2006, the CPO export duty payable is RM256.53/ tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded firmer.
>> Crude palm oil price traded lower by US$1.00 to US$512.00. CPO discount vis-à-vis SBO widened to US$120.00 this week.
>> RBD palm olein traded lower by US$4.00 to US$517.00 and was at a discount of US$114.50 against SBO.    
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
30/08/06 31/08/06 01/09/06 04/09/06 05/09/06 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 1,555.00 PH 1571.00 1561.50 1552.00 1,563.00 1,574.00 -11.00
PK (Ex-mill) 827.00 PH 822.50 827.50 819.00 825.50 827.50 -2.00
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 1,781.50 PH 1802.50 1802.00 1801.00 1,794.00 1,820.00 -26.00
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 452.00 PH 457.50 458.50 455.00 453.00 463.00 -10.00
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 458.00 PH 469.00 471.50 464.00 462.00 469.50 -7.50
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 415.50 PH 417.50 429.50 425.00 416.00 420.00 -4.00
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 520.00 UNQ 525.00 510.00 512.50 516.88 521.00 -4.13
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 505.00 UNQ 512.50 505.00 507.50 507.50 510.00 -2.50
CPO (Cif Rott) 512.50 512.50 517.50 510.00 507.50 512.00 512.50 -0.50
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 628.33 633.70 631.33 630.04 635.68 631.82 631.50 0.32
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 682.50 682.50 687.50 695.00 690.00 687.50 681.00 6.50
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 800.16 800.13 799.43 804.91 810.17 802.96 798.50 4.46
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 475.00 UNQ 477.50 475.00 475.00 475.63 480.50 -4.88
Tallow 465.00 465.00 465.00 465.00 465.00 465.00 465.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 565.00 570.00 575.00 575.00 575.00 572.00 571.00 1.00
CNO (Cif Rott) 620.00 620.00 630.00 632.50 635.00 627.50 613.50 14.00
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -115.83 -121.20 -113.83 -120.04 -128.18 -119.82 -119.00 -0.82
CPO/RSO -287.66 -287.63 -281.93 -294.91 -302.67 -290.96 -286.00 -4.96
RBD P.Olein/SBO -108.33 UNQ -106.33 -120.04 -123.18 -114.47 -110.50 -3.97
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -162.50 UNQ -162.50 -185.00 -177.50 -171.88 -160.00 -11.88
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 10.00 UNQ 12.50 10.00 10.00 10.63 15.50 -4.88
PKO/CNO -55.00 -50.00 -55.00 -57.50 -60.00 -55.50 -42.50 -13.00
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO Nov  2006 (RM) 1578.00 PH 1590.00 1572.00 1563.00 1575.75 1591.50 -15.75
CBOT SBO Dec  2006 (US$) 561.66 566.28 557.04 557.04 552.20 558.84 560.50 -1.66
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA       
FOB Indonesia (US$) 430.00 430.00 435.00 432.50 430.00 431.50 434.50 -3.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 441.00 441.00 446.00 443.50 441.00 442.50 445.50 -3.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 1620.68 1621.91 1640.30 1622.15 1612.43 1,623.49 1637.50 -14.01
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)   65.68 UNQ 69.30 60.65 60.43 64.01 70.00 -5.99
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