Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON   05th - 11th Mar  2008 2nd  Week
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded easier.
Crude palm oil price traded lower, decreased  by  RM207.50 to RM3,787.50,  with the highest  traded price at RM4,060.00. RBD palm olein traded lower by US$7.00 to US$1,309.00. Prices were traded easier due to:                                                                                                                                                                                                              
n Pressured by speculative hedge funds’ long-liquidation and producers’ hedge-selling activities at BMD CPO futures.
n Market was dragged down by the sharp declines in CBOT and China’s Dalian soyabean oil market due to China government  intervention to cap vegetabl oil prices. 
n Sluggish palm oil physical product market as buyers were sidelined because of very high volatility and record high prices.
Crude palm oil export duty.
n For the current week 10/03/2008 – 16/03/2008, the CPO export duty payable is RM1020.77/tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded  easier.
n Crude palm oil price traded higher by US$23.50 to US$1290.00. CPO discount vis-ŕ-vis SBO widened to US$257.00  this week.
n RBD palm olein traded higher  by US$33.50  at US$1382.00  and  was  at a discount of US$165.00 against SBO.
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
05/03/2008 06/03/2008 07/03/2008 10/03/2008 11/03/2008 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 3,964.00 4009.00 3703.00 3608.50 3787.50 3,787.50 3,995.00 -207.50
PK (Ex-mill) 2,163.00 2147.00 2076.50 2052.50 2066.00 2,098.50 2,162.00 -63.50
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 4,413.00 4354.50 4268.00 4208.50 4138.50 4,312.50 4,401.00 -88.50
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 1,354.50 1365.00 1313.00 NT 1315.00 1,347.50 1316.50 31.00
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 1,384.00 1400.00 1299.00 1277.00 1333.00 1,309.00 1316.00 -7.00
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 1,204.50 NT 1160.00 1082.50 1140.00 1,174.50 1175.50 -1.00
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 1,460.00 1,420.00 1,330.00 1,325.00 1,375.00 1,382.00 1415.50 -33.50
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 1,445.00 1,410.00 1,310.00 1,310.00 1,360.00 1,367.00 1421.50 -54.50
CPO (Cif Rott) 1,367.50 1,330.00 1,237.50 1,235.00 1,280.00 1,290.00 1313.50 -23.50
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 1,624.90 1,578.39 1,539.83 1,487.69 1,505.21 1,547.21 1596.00 -48.79
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 1,860.00 1,850.00 1,870.00 1,855.00 1,840.00 1,855.00 1863.50 -8.50
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 1,605.03 1,596.82 1,495.36 UNQ 1,486.82 1,546.00 1579.50 -33.50
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 1,285.00 1,270.00 1,190.00 1,160.00 1,215.00 1,224.00 1275.00 -51.00
Tallow 935.00 935.00 935.00 935.00 935.00 935.00 935.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 1,560.00 1,545.00 1,470.00 1,425.00 1,480.00 1,496.00 1532.00 -36.00
CNO (Cif Rott) 1,560.00 1,545.00 1,475.00 1,425.00 1,485.00 1,498.00 1532.00 -34.00
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -257.40 -248.39 -302.33 -252.69 -225.21 -257.21 -282.50 25.29
CPO/RSO -237.53 -266.82 -257.86 UNQ -206.82 -242.25 -266.00 23.75
RBD P.Olein/SBO -164.90 -158.39 -209.83 -162.69 -130.21 -165.21 -180.50 15.29
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -400.00 -430.00 -540.00 -530.00 -465.00 -473.00 -432.00 -41.00
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 350.00 335.00 255.00 225.00 280.00 289.00 340.00 -51.00
PKO/CNO 0.00 0.00 -5.00 0.00 -5.00 -2.00 0.00 -2.00
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO May  2008 (RM) 4095.00 4003.00 3710.00 3665.00 3838.00 3862.20 4017.00 -154.80
CBOT SBO May  2008 (US$) 1,481.26 1437.26 1,393.26 1,367.08 1,390.18 1413.81 1501.50 -87.69
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA       
FOB Belawan US$ (Offered Price) 1,320.50 1,297.50 1,202.50 1,182.50 1,182.50 1,237.10 1265.50 -28.40
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 1,335.50 1,312.50 1,217.50 1,197.50 1,197.50 1,252.10 1,280.50 -28.40
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 4250.90 4177.69 3865.56 3834.40 3835.59 3,992.83 4092.00 -99.17
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)   286.90 168.69 162.56 225.90 48.09 178.43 96.00 82.43
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