Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON  06th Dec  – 12th Dec  2006 2nd Week  
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded higher.          
Crude palm oil price traded marginally lower by RM17.00 to RM1,849.50,  with the  highest traded price at RM1,900.00.  RBD palm olein traded higher by US$3.50 to US$551.50.  CPO price was traded lower due to:
n Pressure exerted by lower BMD CPO futures market on corrective downward wave caused by heavy long liquidation profit taking.  
n Weaker CBOT soyabean oil futures price performance.
n Pressured by lower SGS figures for first 10 days of December, 2006 palm oil exports, down by 34.6% to 295,168 tonnes compared to the same period of last month.
n Bearish MPOB’s November, 2006 released data, with CPO production up by 10.8% to 1.55 million tonnes, exports down by 9.3% to 1.3 million tonnes and build-up in stock level by 5% to 1.673 million tones. 
n Malaysian palm oil prices dragged down by firmer Ringgit currency against the US Dollar traded last week. A firmer Ringgit makes palm oil exports costlier.   
Crude palm oil export duty.
n For the current week 11/12/2006 –17/12/2006, the CPO export duty payable is RM329.80/ tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded higher.
n Crude palm oil price traded higher by US$11.00 to US$589.00. CPO price discount vis-ŕ-vis SBO narrowed to US$130.00 this week.
n RBD palm olein traded higher by US$4.00 to US$610.50 and was at a price discount of US$108.50 against SBO.    
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
06/12/06 07/12/06 08/12/06 11/12/06 12/12/06 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 1,838.00 1830.50 1852.50 1858.00 1893.00 1,849.50 1,866.50 -17.00
PK (Ex-mill) 1,012.50 1006.50 1026.00 1032.00 1056.50 1,023.50 1,010.00 13.50
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 2,043.00 2066.50 2073.00 2103.50 2181.00 2,074.00 2,060.00 14.00
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 539.00 547.50 547.50 545.50 NT 544.50 537.50 7.00
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 546.00 558.50 557.00 553.50 559.00 552.50 548.00 4.50
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 476.50 476.00 477.50 482.00 NT 478.00 480.50 -2.50
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 605.00 607.50 612.00 612.50 615.00 610.40 606.50 3.90
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 592.50 595.00 602.50 600.00 605.00 599.00 595.50 3.50
CPO (Cif Rott) 585.00 585.00 590.00 597.50 587.50 589.00 578.00 11.00
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 722.41 721.76 717.74 715.01 717.01 718.79 720.00 -1.21
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 745.00 745.00 740.00 745.00 740.00 743.00 745.00 -2.00
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 858.11 858.73 859.17 859.34 862.53 859.58 852.50 7.08
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 530.00 532.50 540.00 545.00 547.50 539.00 528.50 10.50
Tallow 535.00 535.00 535.00 535.00 535.00 535.00 535.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 625.00 640.00 650.00 655.00 670.00 648.00 630.00 18.00
CNO (Cif Rott) 680.00 702.50 725.00 750.00 760.00 723.50 674.00 49.50
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -137.41 -136.76 -127.74 -117.51 -129.51 -129.79 -142.00 12.21
CPO/RSO -273.11 -273.73 -269.17 -261.84 -275.03 -270.58 -274.50 3.92
RBD P.Olein/SBO -117.41 -114.26 -105.74 -102.51 -102.01 -108.39 -113.50 5.11
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -140.00 -137.50 -128.00 -132.50 -125.00 -132.60 -138.50 5.90
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow -5.00 -2.50 5.00 10.00 12.50 4.00 -6.50 10.50
PKO/CNO -55.00 -62.50 -75.00 -95.00 -90.00 -75.50 -44.00 -31.50
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO Feb 2007 (RM) 1853.00 1850.00 1865.00 1894.00 1908.00 1874.00 1884.00 -10.00
CBOT SBO Mar  2007 (US$) 642.18 642.62 639.76 649.22 641.08 642.97 657.50 -14.53
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA       
FOB Belawan US$ (Offered Price) 512.50 512.50 515.00 520.00 525.00 517.00 516.00 1.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 523.50 523.50 526.00 531.00 536.00 528.00 527.00 1.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 1862.35 1855.07 1869.88 1887.01 1898.67 1,874.60 1897.50 -22.90
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)   24.35 24.57 17.38 29.01 5.67 20.20 40.00 -19.80
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