Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON   07th Mar – 13th Mar  2007 2nd Week
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded higher.            
Crude palm oil price traded higher by RM20.00 to RM1,957.00,  with the  highest traded price at RM1,980.00.  RBD palm olein traded higher by US$3.00 to US$586.50.  Prices were traded higher:
n Supported by firmer BMD CPO futures. Prices rebounded boosted mainly by expectation of positive sentiment during the price outlook conference starting this Monday.  
n News of harvesting problem in Northern Brazil and a truckers strike in Argentina served as catalysts to bullish CBOT soyabean oil futures. 
Crude palm oil export duty.
n  For the current week 12/03/2007 –18/03/2007, the CPO export duty payable is RM345.82/ tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded higher.
n Crude palm oil price traded higher by US$5.50 to US$616.00. CPO price discount vis-à-vis SBO narrowed to US$106.50 this week.
n RBD palm olein traded higher by US$4.50 to US$635.50 and was at a price discount of US$87.00 against SBO.    
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
07/03/07 08/03/07 09/03/07 12/03/07 13/03/07 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 1,940.50 1952.00 1966.50 1966.50 1960.50 1,957.00 1,937.00 20.00
PK (Ex-mill) 1,094.00 1109.50 1111.00 1108.00 1120.00 1,105.00 1,103.00 2.00
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 2,169.00 2174.50 2183.50 2195.00 2199.00 2,180.00 2,194.50 -14.50
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 571.50 579.50 NT 580.00 NT 576.00 576.00 0.00
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 583.50 587.00 591.50 584.50 587.50 586.50 583.50 3.00
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 533.50 555.00 552.00 NT 560.00 546.50 541.50 5.00
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 630.00 635.00 635.00 637.50 640.00 635.50 631.00 4.50
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 625.00 630.00 630.00 632.50 635.00 630.50 625.50 5.00
CPO (Cif Rott) 610.00 617.50 615.00 620.00 617.50 616.00 610.50 5.50
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 719.31 722.04 714.71 727.65 728.15 722.37 724.00 -1.63
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 735.00 730.00 730.00 730.00 730.00 731.00 732.00 -1.00
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 775.85 771.93 769.79 784.33 779.69 776.32 783.00 -6.68
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 592.50 597.50 602.50 600.00 602.50 599.00 576.50 22.50
Tallow 555.00 555.00 555.00 555.00 555.00 555.00 555.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 690.00 695.00 700.00 700.00 700.00 697.00 700.00 -3.00
CNO (Cif Rott) 760.00 765.00 765.00 765.00 765.00 764.00 762.00 2.00
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -109.31 -104.54 -99.71 -107.65 -110.65 -106.37 -113.50 7.13
CPO/RSO -165.85 -154.43 -154.79 -164.33 -162.19 -160.32 -172.50 12.18
RBD P.Olein/SBO -89.30 -87.04 -79.71 -90.15 -88.15 -86.87 -93.00 6.13
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -105.00 -95.00 -95.00 -92.50 -90.00 -95.50 -101.00 5.50
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 37.50 42.50 47.50 45.00 47.50 44.00 21.50 22.50
PKO/CNO -70.00 -70.00 -65.00 -65.00 -65.00 -67.00 -62.00 -5.00
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO May 2007 (RM) 1933.00 1963.00 1963.00 1972.00 1977.00 1961.60 1943.50 18.10
CBOT SBO May  2007 (US$) 664.62 673.20 672.98 675.62 670.34 671.35 667.00 4.35
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA       
FOB Belawan US$ (Offered Price) 547.50 552.50 555.00 552.50 557.50 553.00 548.50 4.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 558.50 563.50 566.00 563.50 568.50 564.00 559.50 4.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 1959.66 1977.89 1983.89 1971.63 1990.55 1,976.72 1964.00 12.72
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)   19.16 25.89 17.39 5.13 30.05 19.52 24.00 -4.48
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