Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON  03rd May  – 09th May  2006 2nd Week  
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded firmer.
Crude palm oil price traded lower by RM15.50 to RM1,426.50  with  the  highest traded price at RM1,465.00.  RBD palm olein traded lower by US$2.00 to US$422.00.  Prices were lower due to:
>> Market concerns over increased palm oil production and higher stocks.
>> Lower SGS export data for the first 10 days of May, down by 12.4% to 353,216 tonnes.    
>> Weaker CBOT soyabean oil futures and BMD CPO price sentiment.
    >> Added pressured by stronger Ringgit against the US dollar, which also pulled palm oil prices lower.
Crude palm oil export duty.
>> For the current week 08/05/2006 –14/05/2006, the CPO export duty payable is RM199.94/ tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded firmer.
>> Crude palm oil price traded lower by US$1.00 to US$452.00. CPO discount vis-à-vis SBO widened at US$124.50 this week.
>> RBD palm olein traded lower by US$2.00 to US$477.00 and was at a discount of US$100.00 against SBO.
       
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
03/05/06 04/05/06 05/05/06 08/05/06 09/05/06 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 1,427.00 1427.00 1428.50 1424.50 1422.00 1,426.50 1,442.00 -15.50
PK (Ex-mill) 910.00 892.00 897.00 891.00 883.00 891.50 928.00 -36.50
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 1,921.00 1898.00 1889.50 1881.50 1861.50 1,896.50 1,957.50 -61.00
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 419.50 417.50 NT NT NT 419.50 418.00 1.50
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 423.50 422.50 424.00 416.50 NT 422.00 424.00 -2.00
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 395.50 402.00 401.50 398.00 NT 399.00 400.50 -1.50
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 477.50 477.50 477.50 477.50 475.00 477.00 479.00 -2.00
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 467.50 467.50 422.50 465.00 465.00 457.50 469.50 -12.00
CPO (Cif Rott) 452.50 452.50 452.50 455.00 450.00 452.50 453.00 -0.50
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 575.17 570.38 585.67 572.40 580.31 576.78 575.00 1.78
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 680.00 680.00 680.00 675.00 675.00 678.00 689.50 -11.50
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 815.34 811.20 827.58 795.00 800.95 810.02 797.50 12.52
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 447.50 452.50 452.50 455.00 452.50 452.00 446.50 5.50
Tallow 390.00 390.00 390.00 390.00 390.00 390.00 390.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 580.00 580.00 580.00 580.00 570.00 578.00 587.50 -9.50
CNO (Cif Rott) 600.00 597.50 590.00 590.00 590.00 593.50 597.50 -4.00
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -122.67 -117.88 -133.17 -117.40 -130.31 -124.28 -122.00 -2.28
CPO/RSO -362.84 -358.70 -375.08 -340.00 -350.95 -357.52 -344.50 -13.02
RBD P.Olein/SBO -97.67 -92.88 -108.17 -94.90 -105.31 -99.78 -96.50 -3.28
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -202.50 -202.50 -202.50 -197.50 -200.00 -201.00 -210.50 9.50
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 57.50 62.50 62.50 65.00 62.50 62.00 56.50 5.50
PKO/CNO -20.00 -17.50 -10.00 -10.00 -20.00 -15.50 -10.00 -5.50
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO Jul  2006 (RM) 1458.00 1454.00 1453.00 1457.00 1450.00 1454.40 1473.00 -18.60
CBOT SBO Jul  2006 (US$) 565.84 556.82 561.66 548.24 551.76 556.86 563.50 -6.64
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA      
FOB Indonesia (US$) 390.00 390.00 390.00 390.00 390.00 390.00 390.50 -0.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 401.00 401.00 401.00 401.00 401.00 401.00 401.50 -0.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 1509.36 1515.38 1515.38 1515.38 1515.38 1,514.18 1516.50 -2.32
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)  82.36 88.38 86.88 90.88 93.38 88.38 75.00 13.38
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