Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON  08th Mar  – 14th Mar  2006 2nd Week  
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded lower.
Crude palm oil price traded lower by RM20.50 to RM1,435.50  with  the  highest traded price at RM1,455.00.  RBD palm olein traded lower by US$8.00 to US$399.50.  Prices were lower due to:
>> Bearish MPOB supply-demand data release for the month of February, 2006.
>> Concerns over the build-up in palm oil stocks, up 6.9% to 1.65 million tonnes.    
>> Lower SGS export data for the first 10 days of March, down by 10.5% to 288,696 tonnes    
>> Lower CBOT soyabean oil and BMD CPO futures prices.      
     
Crude palm oil export duty.
>> For the current week 13/03/2006 –17/03/2006, the CPO export duty payable is RM208.19/ tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded firmer.
>> Crude palm oil price traded lower by US$8.50 to US$445.00. CPO discount vis-à-vis SBO widened to US$113.00 this week.
>> RBD palm olein traded lower by US$6.50 to US$459.50 and was at a discount of US$98.50 against SBO.
       
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
08/03/06 09/03/06 10/03/06 13/03/06 14/03/06 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 1,441.00 1444.00 1440.00 1425.00 1417.00 1,435.50 1,456.00 -20.50
PK (Ex-mill) 947.00 940.50 935.50 919.00 911.50 934.00 976.50 -42.50
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 1,998.50 1990.00 1984.00 1944.00 1939.00 1,980.00 2,057.00 -77.00
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 403.50 403.00 398.50 394.00 NT 399.50 407.50 -8.00
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 408.50 409.50 404.00 401.00 NT 406.50 412.00 -5.50
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 397.00 390.00 396.00 388.50 NT 393.50 402.00 -8.50
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 462.50 462.50 462.50 457.50 452.50 459.50 466.00 -6.50
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 455.00 455.00 455.00 450.00 447.50 452.50 458.50 -6.00
CPO (Cif Rott) 452.50 450.00 447.50 440.00 435.00 445.00 453.50 -8.50
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 561.38 560.01 558.69 557.69 553.01 558.16 564.00 -5.84
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 615.00 610.00 605.00 607.50 605.00 608.50 611.00 -2.50
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 727.06 732.77 731.05 740.40 745.36 735.33 729.50 5.83
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 450.00 450.00 450.00 450.00 445.00 449.00 451.00 -2.00
Tallow 435.00 435.00 435.00 435.00 435.00 435.00 435.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 595.00 597.50 590.00 585.00 580.00 589.50 612.50 -23.00
CNO (Cif Rott) 580.00 582.50 582.50 575.00 570.00 578.00 590.00 -12.00
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -108.88 -110.01 -111.19 -117.69 -118.01 -113.16 -110.50 -2.66
CPO/RSO -274.56 -282.77 -283.55 -300.40 -310.36 -290.33 -276.00 -14.33
RBD P.Olein/SBO -98.88 -97.51 -96.19 -100.19 -100.51 -98.66 -98.00 -0.66
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -152.50 -147.50 -142.50 -150.00 -152.50 -149.00 -145.00 -4.00
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 10.00 14.00 16.00 -2.00
PKO/CNO 15.00 15.00 7.50 10.00 10.00 11.50 22.50 -11.00
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO May 2006 (RM) 1469.00 1464.00 1457.00 1445.00 1439.00 1454.80 1485.00 -30.20
CBOT SBO May 2006 (US$) 526.24 529.54 531.52 521.62 520.74 525.93 540.50 -14.57
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA      
FOB Indonesia (US$) 382.50 385.00 382.50 380.00 380.00 382.00 391.00 -9.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 393.50 396.00 393.50 391.00 391.00 393.00 402.00 -9.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 1459.89 1469.16 1459.89 1450.61 1450.61 1,458.03 1491.50 -33.47
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)  18.89 25.16 19.89 25.61 33.61 24.63 36.50 -11.87
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