Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON   09th  – 15th May  2007 2nd  Week
Prices in the domestic and export markets remain firmer.          
Crude palm oil price traded higher, up by RM72.00 to RM2,448.50,  with the  highest traded price at RM2,510.00.  RBD palm olein traded higher by US$24.50 to US$745.00.  Prices were traded higher:
n Strong support by firmer BMD CPO futures following reports of sharp declines in palm oil stocks and improved exports.
n Supported by bullish MPOB April’s palm oil data. Palm oil stocks declined by 11.65% to a three-year low of 1.181 million tonnes. Higher growth in exports by 5.9% to 1.118 million tonnes as against only 4.1% increase  in production to 1.125 million tonnes.      
n Higher SGS export  data for the first 10 days of May, up by  4.8% to 451,816 tonnes from the same period of last month.  
Crude palm oil export duty.
n . For the current week 14/05/2007 – 20/05/2007, the CPO export duty payable is RM471.68/ tonne
Palm oil prices in Europe traded higher.
n Crude palm oil price traded higher  by US$29.50 to US$751.00. CPO price discount vis-ŕ-vis SBO narrowed to US$35.50 this week.
n RBD palm olein traded higher by US$53.00 to US$793.50 and was at a price premium of US$7.00 against SBO.
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
09/05/07 10/05/07 11/05/07 14/05/07 15/05/07 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 2,402.00 2417.50 2449.00 2489.00 2485.00 2,448.50 2,376.50 72.00
PK (Ex-mill) 1,299.00 1304.50 1300.00 1315.50 1317.50 1,308.00 1,281.50 26.50
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 2,572.00 2581.50 2597.50 2648.50 2627.50 2,597.00 2,566.50 30.50
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 729.00 740.50 742.00 759.00 752.00 741.50 710.00 31.50
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 734.00 740.00 745.50 767.00 770.00 745.00 720.50 24.50
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 691.00 705.00 710.50 721.00 NT 703.50 679.00 24.50
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 747.50 785.00 800.00 827.50 807.50 793.50 740.50 53.00
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 742.50 780.00 795.00 802.50 802.50 784.50 742.50 42.00
CPO (Cif Rott) 745.00 732.50 742.50 775.00 760.00 751.00 721.50 29.50
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 780.54 781.07 799.03 786.96 784.78 786.48 785.50 0.98
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 810.00 820.00 837.50 840.00 840.00 829.50 822.00 7.50
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 826.61 822.89 831.48 845.21 841.90 833.62 836.00 -2.38
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 735.00 745.00 765.00 790.00 785.00 764.00 733.00 31.00
Tallow 560.00 560.00 560.00 560.00 560.00 560.00 560.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 820.00 825.00 835.00 845.00 855.00 836.00 816.50 19.50
CNO (Cif Rott) 860.00 865.00 870.00 885.00 885.00 873.00 856.00 17.00
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -35.54 -48.57 -56.53 -11.96 -24.78 -35.48 -64.00 28.52
CPO/RSO -81.61 -90.39 -88.98 -70.21 -81.90 -82.62 -114.50 31.88
RBD P.Olein/SBO -33.04 3.93 0.97 40.54 22.72 7.02 -45.50 52.52
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -62.50 -35.00 -37.50 -12.50 -32.50 -36.00 -84.50 48.50
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 175.00 185.00 205.00 230.00 225.00 204.00 173.00 31.00
PKO/CNO -40.00 -40.00 -35.00 -40.00 -30.00 -37.00 -39.50 2.50
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO July  2007 (RM) 2289.00 2320.00 2325.00 2389.00 2346.00 2333.80 2267.50 66.30
CBOT SBO July  2007 (US$) 732.82 741.84 756.58 758.78 761.20 750.24 732.50 17.74
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA       
FOB Belawan US$ (Offered Price) 720.00 720.00 720.00 720.00 732.50 722.50 709.50 13.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 731.00 731.00 731.00 731.00 743.50 733.50 720.50 13.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 2493.08 2487.23 2491.98 2487.59 2530.35 2,498.05 2463.50 34.55
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)   91.08 69.73 42.98 -1.41 45.35 49.55 85.00 -35.45
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