Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON   03rd Oct -09th Oct  2007 2nd  Week
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded easier.
Crude palm oil price traded  lower, down  by RM5.00 to RM2,699.00,  with the  highest traded price at RM2,755.00.  RBD palm olein traded lower by US$7.00 to US$826.00.  Prices were traded easier due to:
n Depressed by an aggressive  selling sentiments at CBOT soyabean complex due to weakness in gold and crude oil prices.
n None-too-encouraging forecast for the price of palm oil  in  the short-term. BMD CPO futures market tumbled below the psychological RM2,600.00 per tonne level last week.
n However, improved exports for September provided some underlying support.  SGS estimate for September exports higher by 11.9% to 1.415 million tonnes compared to 1.264 million tonnes in August.
Crude palm oil export duty.
n  For the current week 08/10/2007 – 14/10/2007, the CPO export duty payable is RM566.57/ tonne
Palm oil prices in Europe traded  easier.
n Crude palm oil price traded lower by US$7.00 to US$839.50. CPO discount vis-à-vis SBO widened to US$140.00  this week.
n RBD palm olein traded lower by US$11.00  at US$868.00  and  was  at  a discount of US$111.50 against SBO.
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
03/10/2007 04/10/2007 05/10/2007 08/10/2007 09/10/2007 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 2,678.00 2696.00 2729.00 2662.50 2682.50 2,699.00 2,704.00 -5.00
PK (Ex-mill) 1,650.50 1659.50 1657.50 1638.00 1652.00 1,648.50 1,667.50 -19.00
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 3,161.00 3175.50 3210.50 3169.50 3180.00 3,175.00 3,196.00 -21.00
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 806.00 815.00 824.00 NT 822.00 819.00 825.50 -6.50
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 812.00 839.50 834.00 830.00 832.50 826.00 833.00 -7.00
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 764.00 NT 767.50 779.00 NT 768.50 767.00 1.50
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 860.00 877.50 862.50 862.50 877.50 868.00 879.00 -11.00
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 855.00 870.00 855.00 855.00 870.00 861.00 876.50 -15.50
CPO (Cif Rott) 830.00 842.50 837.50 835.00 852.50 839.50 846.50 -7.00
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 969.84 979.35 988.25 975.28 983.62 979.27 982.00 -2.73
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 1,380.00 1,460.00 1,475.00 UNQ 1,460.00 1,443.75 1290.00 153.75
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 1,171.71 1,165.89 1,180.52 1,173.43 1,190.77 1,176.46 1142.00 34.46
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 825.00 830.00 830.00 830.00 790.00 821.00 828.00 -7.00
Tallow 754.00 754.00 754.00 754.00 754.00 754.00 745.00 9.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 955.00 965.00 965.00 955.00 965.00 961.00 958.00 3.00
CNO (Cif Rott) 965.00 970.00 970.00 960.00 970.00 967.00 967.50 -0.50
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -139.84 -136.85 -150.75 -140.28 -131.12 -139.77 -136.00 -3.77
CPO/RSO -341.71 -323.39 -343.02 -338.43 -338.27 -336.96 -298.00 -38.96
RBD P.Olein/SBO -109.84 -101.85 -125.75 -112.78 -106.12 -111.27 -102.00 -9.27
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -520.00 -582.50 -612.50 UNQ -582.50 -574.38 -412.50 -161.88
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 71.00 76.00 76.00 76.00 36.00 67.00 83.00 -16.00
PKO/CNO -10.00 -5.00 -5.00 -5.00 -5.00 -6.00 -9.50 3.50
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO December  2007 (RM) 2545.00 2599.00 2570.00 2542.00 2592.00 2569.60 2616.50 -46.90
CBOT SBO December  2007 (US$) 858.00 861.96 858.66 846.56 857.78 856.59 870.00 -13.41
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA       
FOB Belawan US$ (Offered Price) 785.00 797.50 792.50 787.50 797.50 792.00 793.50 -1.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 800.00 812.50 807.50 802.50 812.50 807.00 808.50 -1.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 2728.40 2782.00 2751.15 2720.48 2764.94 2,749.39 2759.00 -9.61
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)   50.40 86.00 22.15 57.97 82.44 59.79 62.50 -2.71
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