Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON  01st Feb  – 07th Feb  2006 2nd Week  
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded firmer.
Crude palm oil price traded higher by RM17.50 to RM1,427.50  with  the  highest traded price at RM1,440.00.  RBD palm olein traded higher by US$9.00 to US$397.00.  Prices were higher due to:
>> Supported by strong gains in CBOT soyabean oil prices.
>> Concerns over starting of lower palm oil production season.
>> Concerns over the start of the lower palm oil production season.    
>> Higher BMD CPO futures price sentiment.      
     
Crude palm oil export duty.
>> For the current week 06/02/2006 –12/02/2006, the CPO export duty payable is RM180.77/ tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded firmer.
>> Crude palm oil price traded higher by US$19.50 to US$442.00. CPO discount vis-à-vis SBO narrowed to US$99.00 this week.
>> RBD palm olein traded higher by US$8.50 to US$454.50 and was at a discount of US$87.50 against SBO.
       
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
01/02/06 02/02/06 03/02/06 06/02/06 07/02/06 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) PH NT 1425.00 1427.00 1430.00 1,427.50 1,410.00 17.50
PK (Ex-mill) PH NT 1013.50 1018.00 1023.50 1,020.00 1,025.00 -5.00
CPKO(Lcl Deld) PH 2129.00 2127.00 2132.00 2128.50 2,130.50 2,148.00 -17.50
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) PH NT NT 397.00 400.00 398.50 377.50 21.00
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) PH NT 397.50 397.00 NT 397.00 388.00 9.00
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) PH NT 367.50 366.50 NT 367.00 367.00 0.00
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 455.00 UNQ 452.50 455.00 455.00 454.38 446.00 8.38
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) UNO 455.00 445.00 445.00 445.00 447.50 436.50 11.00
CPO (Cif Rott) 442.50 442.50 440.00 442.50 442.50 442.00 422.50 19.50
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 543.83 538.27 534.67 546.94 542.01 541.14 529.00 12.14
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 585.00 580.00 590.00 590.00 590.00 587.00 577.00 10.00
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 722.68 719.71 717.30 724.06 717.90 720.33 727.50 -7.17
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) UNQ UNQ 427.50 430.00 432.50 430.00 421.00 9.00
Tallow 435.00 435.00 435.00 435.00 435.00 435.00 435.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 615.00 612.50 612.50 615.00 615.00 614.00 611.00 3.00
CNO (Cif Rott) 592.50 590.00 582.50 585.00 590.00 588.00 573.50 14.50
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -101.33 -95.77 -94.67 -104.44 -99.51 -99.14 -96.50 -2.64
CPO/RSO -280.18 -277.21 -277.30 -281.56 -275.40 -278.33 -295.00 16.67
RBD P.Olein/SBO -88.82 UNQ -82.17 -91.94 -87.01 -87.49 -83.00 -4.49
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -130.00 UNQ -137.50 -135.00 -135.00 -134.38 -131.00 -3.38
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow -435.00 -435.00 -7.50 -5.00 -2.50 -177.00 -14.00 -163.00
PKO/CNO 22.50 22.50 30.00 30.00 25.00 26.00 37.50 -11.50
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO April  2006 (RM) PH PH 1438.00 1451.00 1449.00 1446.00 1434.50 11.50
CBOT SBO May 2006 (US$) 492.00 492.58 507.54 505.34 500.06 499.50 477.00 22.50
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA      
FOB Indonesia (US$) 372.50 372.50 375.00 372.50 375.00 373.50 361.00 12.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 383.50 383.50 386.00 383.50 386.00 384.50 372.00 12.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 1443.49 1449.25 1458.69 1449.25 1458.69 1,451.88 1404.50 47.38
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)  UNQ UNQ 33.69 22.25 28.69 28.21 -4.50 32.71
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