Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON   08th - 14th August 2007 2nd  Week
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded easier.          
Crude palm oil price traded  lower, down  by RM121.00 to RM2,548.00,  with the  highest traded price at RM2,600.00.  RBD palm olein traded lower by US$29.00 to US$788.50.  Prices were traded lower due to:
n BMD CPO futures aggressive selling prompted by declining CBOT soyabean oil prices.
n Concerns that export demand not  strong enough to support the seasonal increase in CPO production, which may lead to a  to build-up in stock levels.
n Market influenced by bearish comments pertaining to  palm oil sentiments by industry analyst during  regional conference in Singapore.
Crude palm oil export duty.
n  For the current week 13/08/2007 – 19/08/2007, the CPO export duty payable is RM542.02/ tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded  lower.
n Crude palm oil price traded lower by US$7.50 to US$819.00. CPO discount vis-à-vis SBO widened to US$106.50 this week.
n RBD palm olein traded lower by US$18.50 to US$829.00 and was at a discount of US$96.50 against SBO.
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
08/08/07 09/08/07 10/08/07 13/08/07 14/08/07 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 2,533.50 2566.00 2552.50 2543.00 2541.50 2,546.00 2,667.00 -121.00
PK (Ex-mill) 1,509.00 1522.50 1525.50 1517.00 1510.00 1,515.50 1,524.00 -8.50
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 2,997.50 3026.00 3021.00 2985.50 2974.00 3,009.00 3,070.00 -61.00
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 781.00 790.00 778.50 NT 774.00 784.50 799.50 -15.00
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 784.50 796.00 789.50 795.00 792.50 788.50 817.50 -29.00
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 751.00 780.00 753.00 NT 770.00 756.50 779.00 -22.50
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 837.50 845.00 797.00 835.00 830.00 828.90 847.50 -18.60
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 832.50 840.00 792.50 830.00 825.00 824.00 842.50 -18.50
CPO (Cif Rott) 825.00 830.00 795.00 825.00 820.00 819.00 826.50 -7.50
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 938.20 930.03 918.93 922.41 917.60 925.43 932.50 -7.07
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 1,120.00 UNQ UNQ 1,140.00 1,140.00 1,133.33 1053.50 79.83
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 961.65 962.90 951.80 953.75 943.39 954.70 950.00 4.70
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 805.00 810.00 790.00 810.00 805.00 804.00 813.50 -9.50
Tallow 790.00 790.00 790.00 790.00 790.00 790.00 790.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 897.50 900.00 900.00 905.00 905.00 901.50 910.00 -8.50
CNO (Cif Rott) 897.50 905.00 900.00 905.00 905.00 902.50 909.00 -6.50
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -113.20 -100.03 -123.93 -97.41 -97.60 -106.43 -106.00 -0.43
CPO/RSO -136.65 -132.90 -156.80 -128.75 -123.39 -135.70 -120.50 -15.20
RBD P.Olein/SBO -100.70 -85.03 -121.93 -87.41 -87.60 -96.53 -85.00 -11.53
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -282.50 UNQ UNQ -305.00 -310.00 -299.17 -203.50 -95.67
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 15.00 20.00 0.00 20.00 15.00 14.00 23.50 -9.50
PKO/CNO 0.00 -5.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -1.00 1.00 -2.00
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO October  2007 (RM) 2500.00 2535.00 2515.00 2530.00 2490.00 2514.00 2582.00 -68.00
CBOT SBO October  2007 (US$) 818.84 820.16 809.60 810.70 796.84 811.23 826.00 -14.77
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA       
FOB Belawan US$ (Offered Price) 770.00 777.50 770.00 772.50 767.50 771.50 785.00 -13.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 785.00 792.50 785.00 787.50 782.50 786.50 800.00 -13.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 2719.63 2738.48 2730.23 2737.74 2721.14 2,729.45 2775.50 -46.05
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)   186.13 172.48 177.73 194.74 179.64 182.15 121.00 61.15
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