Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON  03rd Jan  – 09th Jan  2007 2nd Week
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded higher.            
Crude palm oil price traded higher by RM31.00 to RM1,950.00,  with the  highest traded price at RM1,995.00.  RBD palm olein traded higher by US$17.00 to US$580.50.  Prices were traded firmer due to:
n Persistent fears of palm oil supply disruption after most major palm oil producing state disrupted by heavy rains. The floods have cut off main roads in the state of Johor, Pahang, Kelantan, Trengganu and the latest Sabah. 
n Market concerns that palm oil production was expected to decline by 20 - 30% in December due to the rain and floods and stock expected to drop by 16% from previous month level.
n Palm oil prices was supported by strong buying in the BMD CPO futures market.
n Supported by firmer CBOT soyabean oil futures price performance.
n Nevertheless, decline in palm oil exports for December by 12% to 1.143 million tonnes had no impact on the market as it had been expected.  
Crude palm oil export duty.
n For the current week 08/01/2007 –14/01/2007, the CPO export duty payable is RM365.77/ tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded higher.
n Crude palm oil price traded higher by US$8.50 to US$597.50. CPO price discount vis-à-vis SBO narrowed to US$101.50 this week.
n RBD palm olein traded higher by US$10.00 to US$625.00 and was at a price discount of US$74.00 against SBO.    
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
03/01/07 04/01/07 05/01/07 08/01/07 09/01/07 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 1,979.00 1932.00 1953.50 1932.00 1939.00 1,950.00 1,919.00 31.00
PK (Ex-mill) 1,129.50 1122.00 1115.00 1102.00 1099.00 1,112.50 1,076.50 36.00
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 2,245.00 2216.00 2212.50 2173.00 2174.00 2,215.00 2,167.50 47.50
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) NT 570.00 566.50 565.00 566.00 565.50 542.00 23.50
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 588.50 583.50 581.00 573.50 573.00 580.50 563.50 17.00
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 525.00 520.00 519.00 516.50 520.00 518.50 485.50 33.00
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 637.50 625.00 632.50 615.00 615.00 625.00 615.00 10.00
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 627.50 617.50 622.50 605.00 607.50 616.00 602.50 13.50
CPO (Cif Rott) 612.50 597.50 605.00 587.50 585.00 597.50 589.00 8.50
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 708.38 704.51 692.03 694.50 696.59 699.20 710.00 -10.80
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 730.00 735.00 735.00 725.00 720.00 729.00 723.50 5.50
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 855.86 840.70 829.91 823.50 814.85 832.96 849.00 -16.04
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 575.00 565.00 572.50 565.00 570.00 569.50 544.00 25.50
Tallow 570.00 570.00 570.00 570.00 570.00 570.00 560.00 10.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 675.00 657.50 665.00 660.00 650.00 661.50 648.50 13.00
CNO (Cif Rott) 770.00 745.00 745.00 730.00 720.00 742.00 740.00 2.00
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -95.88 -107.01 -87.03 -107.00 -111.59 -101.70 -120.50 18.80
CPO/RSO -243.36 -243.20 -224.91 -236.00 -229.85 -235.46 -259.50 24.04
RBD P.Olein/SBO -70.88 -79.51 -59.53 -79.50 -81.59 -74.20 -95.00 20.80
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -92.50 -110.00 -102.50 -110.00 -105.00 -104.00 -108.50 4.50
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 5.00 -5.00 2.50 -5.00 0.00 -0.50 9.00 -9.50
PKO/CNO -95.00 -87.50 -80.00 -70.00 -70.00 -80.50 -91.50 11.00
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO Mar 2007 (RM) 1962.00 1919.00 1943.00 1884.00 1910.00 1923.60 1911.50 12.10
CBOT SBO May  2007 (US$) 649.22 641.74 643.94 637.12 630.52 640.51 627.50 13.01
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA       
FOB Belawan US$ (Offered Price) 555.00 545.00 552.50 540.00 540.00 546.50 532.00 14.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 566.00 556.00 563.50 551.00 551.00 557.50 543.00 14.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 1987.34 1954.28 1979.97 1938.75 1931.31 1,958.33 1922.50 35.83
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)   8.34 22.28 26.47 6.75 -7.69 11.23 30.00 -18.77
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