Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON  04th Oct  – 10th Oct  2006 2nd Week  
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded firmer.
Crude palm oil price traded lower by RM22.50 to RM1,504.50,  with  the  highest traded price at RM1,527.50.  RBD palm olein traded lower by US$11.00 to US$437.00.  Prices were traded bearish due to:
>> Weaker BMD CPO futures prices and the decline in crude oil prices
>> Lower SGS export data for September 2006, down by 4.4% to 1.3 million tonnes..
       
>> Concerns over build-up in September palm oil stock level and the expectation of a slower demand in October, 2006.
Crude palm oil export duty.
>> For the current week 09/10/2006 –15/10/2006, the CPO export duty payable is RM229.20/ tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded firmer.
>> Crude palm oil price traded slightly lower by US$1.00 to US$502.00. CPO discount vis-à-vis SBO widened to US$103.00 this week.
>> RBD palm olein traded lower by US$2.50 to US$504.00 and was at a discount of US$101.00 against SBO.    
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
04/10/06 05/10/06 06/10/06 09/10/06 10/10/06 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 1,493.50 1505.00 1507.50 1506.50 1515.50 1,504.50 1,527.00 -22.50
PK (Ex-mill) 800.00 811.50 799.00 796.00 806.50 807.00 808.00 -1.00
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 1,714.50 1729.00 1716.00 1697.50 1715.50 1,712.00 1,735.00 -23.00
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 437.50 438.00 433.00 NT NT 436.00 442.50 -6.50
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 434.00 441.50 440.50 NT 447.00 437.00 448.00 -11.00
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 404.50 406.00 403.00 397.00 NT 400.00 402.00 -2.00
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 497.50 505.00 502.50 507.50 507.50 504.00 506.50 -2.50
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 480.00 482.50 480.00 485.00 482.50 482.00 488.00 -6.00
CPO (Cif Rott) 495.00 502.50 502.50 505.00 505.00 502.00 502.50 -0.50
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 589.71 596.76 602.42 614.78 620.53 604.84 601.50 3.34
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 665.00 660.00 657.50 657.50 660.00 660.00 665.00 -5.00
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 769.80 769.44 763.74 759.66 764.70 765.47 770.00 -4.53
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 452.50 452.50 452.50 455.00 455.00 453.50 455.50 -2.00
Tallow 465.00 465.00 465.00 465.00 465.00 465.00 465.00 0.00
PKO (Cif Rott) 545.00 540.00 540.00 540.00 545.00 542.00 554.00 -12.00
CNO (Cif Rott) 607.50 610.00 612.50 615.00 615.00 612.00 615.00 -3.00
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -94.71 -94.26 -99.92 -109.78 -115.53 -102.84 -99.00 -3.84
CPO/RSO -274.80 -266.94 -261.24 -254.66 -259.70 -263.47 -267.50 4.03
RBD P.Olein/SBO -92.21 -91.76 -99.92 -107.28 -113.03 -100.84 -95.00 -5.84
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -167.50 -155.00 -155.00 -150.00 -152.50 -156.00 -158.50 2.50
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow -12.50 -12.50 -12.50 -10.00 -10.00 -11.50 -9.50 -2.00
PKO/CNO -62.50 -70.00 -72.50 -75.00 -70.00 -70.00 -61.50 -8.50
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO Dec  2006 (RM) 1523.00 1537.00 1542.00 1554.00 1558.00 1542.80 1548.50 -5.70
CBOT SBO Dec  2006 (US$) 523.60 529.32 532.84 529.54 539.66 530.99 528.00 2.99
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA       
FOB Indonesia (US$) 417.50 420.00 420.00 422.50 425.00 421.00 422.00 -1.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 428.50 431.00 431.00 433.50 436.00 432.00 433.00 -1.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 1580.01 1589.83 1589.23 1600.22 1614.81 1,594.82 1592.00 2.82
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)   86.51 84.83 81.73 93.72 99.31 89.22 65.00 24.22
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