Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON  05th Apr  – 11th Apr  2006 2nd Week  
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded lower.
Crude palm oil price traded lower by RM1.50 to RM1,395.50  with  the  highest traded price at RM1,420.00.  RBD palm olein traded lower by US$6.00 to US$398.50.  Prices were lower due to:
>>  Concerns over higher March CPO production and a build-up in the stock level.
>>  Weaker BMD CPO futures and CBOT soyabean oil futures sentiment.      
>> However, bullish MPOB palm oil supply and demand data for the month of March, supported the market from a further downward pressure.
         
Crude palm oil export duty.
>>  For the current week 10/04/2006 –16/04/2006, the CPO export duty payable is RM185.49/ tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded firmer.
>> Crude palm oil price traded unchanged at US$440.00. CPO discount vis-à-vis SBO narrowed to US$97.50 this week.
>> RBD palm olein traded unchanged at US$459.50 and was at a discount of US$79.00 against SBO.
       
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
05/04/06 06/04/06 07/04/06 10/04/06 11/04/06 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 1,389.50 1388.00 1397.00 1404.50 PH 1,395.50 1,397.00 -1.50
PK (Ex-mill) 889.00 881.00 890.50 899.00 PH 890.50 888.50 2.00
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 1,855.50 1832.50 1856.00 1869.00 PH 1,853.00 1,858.50 -5.50
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 389.50 394.50 400.00 NT PH 392.00 396.50 -4.50
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 397.00 400.00 399.00 412.50 PH 398.50 404.50 -6.00
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 388.50 389.00 383.50 NT PH 388.00 390.50 -2.50
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 455.00 457.50 460.00 460.00 462.50 459.50 459.50 0.00
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 445.00 445.00 452.50 452.50 457.50 450.00 450.00 0.00
CPO (Cif Rott) 435.00 437.50 440.00 445.00 445.00 440.00 440.00 0.00
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 546.28 531.35 529.25 538.14 545.54 538.11 545.50 -7.39
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 637.50 UNQ 650.00 660.00 665.00 653.13 630.50 22.63
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 751.29 751.22 744.83 782.42 751.63 756.28 748.00 8.28
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 437.50 437.50 437.50 440.00 440.00 438.50 440.50 -2.00
Tallow 415.00 415.00 415.00 415.00 415.00 415.00 415.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 562.50 565.00 565.00 565.00 570.00 565.50 569.50 -4.00
CNO (Cif Rott) 567.50 567.50 567.50 570.00 575.00 569.50 569.50 0.00
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -111.28 -93.85 -89.25 -93.14 -100.54 -97.61 -106.00 8.39
CPO/RSO -316.29 -313.72 -304.83 -337.42 -306.63 -315.78 -308.50 -7.28
RBD P.Olein/SBO -91.28 -73.85 -69.25 -78.14 -83.04 -79.11 -86.00 6.89
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -182.50 UNQ -190.00 -200.00 -202.50 -193.75 -171.00 -22.75
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 22.50 22.50 22.50 25.00 25.00 23.50 25.50 -2.00
PKO/CNO -5.00 -2.50 -2.50 -5.00 -5.00 -4.00 0.00 -4.00
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO Jun  2006 (RM) 1411.00 1413.00 1422.00 1446.00 PH 1423.00 1432.00 -9.00
CBOT SBO Jul  2006 (US$) 501.60 507.98 505.12 507.76 514.36 507.36 511.00 -3.64
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA      
FOB Indonesia (US$) 372.50 367.50 372.50 372.50 375.00 372.00 372.50 -0.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 383.50 378.50 383.50 383.50 386.00 383.00 383.50 -0.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 1415.12 1395.91 1417.03 1415.50 1425.88 1,413.89 1416.00 -2.11
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)  25.62 7.91 20.03 11.00 UNQ 16.14 10.00 6.14
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