Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON   04th  – 10th th Apr  2007 2nd Week
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded higher.            
Crude palm oil price traded sharply higher, up by RM82.50 to RM2,128.50,  with the  highest traded price at RM2,205.00.  RBD palm olein traded higher by US$24.50 to US$652.00.  Prices were traded higher due to:
n Strong support by bullish CBOT soyabean futures prices. According to analysts, farmers will reduce US soybean planting by 11% to 67.1 million acre, a drop of 8.4% compared to last planting areas in favors of corn planting, up 15% to 90.4 million acre because demand for ethanol makes the crop more profitable.
n Firmer BMD CPO on aggressive short-covering and fresh demand.
n Markets news on tightness of CPO supplies and strong local CPO buying interest from refineries.
n Higher March’s SGS exports data, up 16.3% to 998,759 tonnes provided the market with some positive up-trend.
Crude palm oil export duty.
n .For the current week 09/04/2007 – 15/04/2007, the CPO export duty payable is RM384.38/ tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded higher.
n Crude palm oil price traded higher by US$23.00 to US$676.50. CPO price discount vis-ŕ-vis SBO narrowed to US$71.50 this week.
n RBD palm olein traded higher by US$22.00 to US$697.50 and was at a price discount of US$50.50 against SBO.    
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
04/04/07 05/04/07 06/04/07 09/04/07 10/04/07 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 2,111.00 2118.50 2121.50 2139.00 2170.50 2,128.50 2,046.00 82.50
PK (Ex-mill) 1,208.50 1215.00 1214.50 1206.00 1214.00 1,211.50 1,156.00 55.50
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 2,395.00 2409.50 2405.50 2417.50 2410.50 2,406.50 2,368.00 38.50
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 638.50 637.50 NT 654.50 NT 651.50 617.00 34.50
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 643.00 652.50 646.00 659.00 662.50 652.00 627.50 24.50
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) NT 602.50 611.00 626.00 NT 612.00 589.00 23.00
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 695.00 690.00 PH PH 707.50 697.50 675.50 22.00
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 692.50 685.00 PH PH 702.50 693.33 672.00 21.33
CPO (Cif Rott) 670.00 667.50 PH PH 692.50 676.67 653.50 23.17
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 745.60 751.80 PH PH 747.04 748.15 748.00 0.15
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 740.00 740.00 PH PH 742.50 740.83 726.50 14.33
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 781.68 UNQ PH PH UNQ 781.68 758.50 23.18
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 657.50 660.00 PH PH 675.00 664.17 644.00 20.17
Tallow 570.00 570.00 PH PH 570.00 570.00 570.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 780.00 780.00 PH PH 785.00 781.67 750.00 31.67
CNO (Cif Rott) 800.00 800.00 PH PH 810.00 803.33 786.00 17.33
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -75.60 -84.30 UNQ UNQ -54.54 -71.48 -94.50 23.02
CPO/RSO -111.68 667.50 UNQ UNQ 692.50 416.11 198.50 217.61
RBD P.Olein/SBO -50.60 -61.80 UNQ UNQ -39.54 -50.65 -72.50 21.85
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -45.00 -50.00 UNQ UNQ -35.00 -43.33 94.50 -137.83
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 87.50 90.00 UNQ UNQ 105.00 94.17 74.00 20.17
PKO/CNO -20.00 -20.00 UNQ UNQ -25.00 -21.67 -36.00 14.33
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO June 2007 (RM) 2115.00 2090.00 2112.00 2132.00 2153.00 2120.40 2058.00 62.40
CBOT SBO July  2007 (US$) 728.42 724.46 708.62 718.74 726.44 721.34 728.50 -7.16
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA       
FOB Belawan US$ (Offered Price) 622.50 622.50 625.00 627.50 642.50 628.00 597.50 30.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 633.50 633.50 636.00 638.50 653.50 639.00 608.50 30.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 2190.96 2189.06 2194.52 2201.55 2254.90 2,206.20 2121.00 85.20
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)   79.96 70.56 73.02 62.55 84.40 74.10 64.50 9.60
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