Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON   11th  – 17th th Apr  2007 3rd Week
Prices in the domestic and export markets remain bouyant.          
Crude palm oil price traded sharply higher, up by RM107.00 to RM2,235.50,  with the  highest traded price at RM2,330.00.  RBD palm olein traded higher by US$39.00 to US$691.50.  Prices were traded higher due to:
n Supported by firmer CBOT soyabean and BMD CPO futures prices. CPO futures jumped on renewed technical and fresh buying interest and being traded at their highest level since December 1998.  
n Market worries over tightness of CPO supplies and strong local CPO buying interest from refineries.
n Reduction in imports of Indonesian CPO due to lower output as a result of drought conditions in Indonesia. Thus, landed prices of Indonesian CPO are higher in Peninsular Malaysia which subsequently helped lift local palm prices.
n Higher SGS first 15 days of April export data, up by 29.3% to 642,492 tonnes. This bullish export performance will further pressure supplies. 
n Market expectations of fresh demand from India and China P.R. in the coming months. Last Friday, India had announced a reduction in the import duty on both crude and refined palm oil by 10%.
Crude palm oil export duty.
n  For the current week 16/04/2007 – 22/04/2007, the CPO export duty payable is RM419.94/ tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded higher.
n Crude palm oil price traded higher by US$25.50 to US$702.00. CPO price discount vis-à-vis SBO narrowed to US$61.00 this week.
n RBD palm olein traded higher by US$37.50 to US$735.00 and was at a price discount of US$28.00 against SBO.    
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
11/04/07 12/04/07 13/04/07 16/04/07 17/04/07 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 2,216.50 2221.50 2235.00 2305.00 2289.50 2,235.50 2,128.50 107.00
PK (Ex-mill) 1,241.00 1231.00 1239.50 1254.50 1271.00 1,241.50 1,211.50 30.00
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 2,457.00 2461.50 2475.00 2553.00 2590.00 2,461.00 2,406.50 54.50
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 662.00 664.00 NT NT NT 663.00 651.50 11.50
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 678.50 682.50 688.50 707.00 704.50 691.00 652.00 39.00
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 630.50 628.00 NT NT 645.00 631.00 612.00 19.00
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 725.00 720.00 735.00 750.00 745.00 735.00 697.50 37.50
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 720.00 720.00 730.00 745.00 740.00 731.00 693.50 37.50
CPO (Cif Rott) 690.00 695.00 705.00 715.00 705.00 702.00 676.50 25.50
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 754.88 754.60 769.00 769.36 767.50 763.07 748.00 15.07
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 765.00 775.00 780.00 785.00 780.00 777.00 741.00 36.00
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 826.07 808.50 817.66 805.93 806.82 812.99 781.50 31.49
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 690.00 685.00 700.00 725.00 725.00 705.00 664.00 41.00
Tallow 570.00 570.00 570.00 570.00 570.00 570.00 570.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 800.00 785.00 795.00 810.00 807.50 799.50 781.50 18.00
CNO (Cif Rott) 815.00 810.00 820.00 840.00 835.00 824.00 803.50 20.50
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -64.88 -59.60 -64.00 -54.36 -62.50 -61.07 -71.50 10.43
CPO/RSO -136.07 -113.50 -112.66 -90.93 -101.82 -110.99 -111.50 0.51
RBD P.Olein/SBO -29.88 -34.60 -34.00 -19.36 -22.50 -28.07 -50.50 22.43
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -40.00 -55.00 -45.00 -35.00 -35.00 -42.00 -43.50 1.50
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 120.00 115.00 130.00 155.00 155.00 135.00 94.00 41.00
PKO/CNO -15.00 -25.00 -25.00 -30.00 -27.50 -24.50 -21.50 -3.00
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO June/July  2007 (RM) 2188.00 2175.00 2219.00 2250.00 2203.00 2207.00 2120.50 86.50
CBOT SBO July  2007 (US$) 733.04 730.40 738.54 733.92 680.24 723.23 721.50 1.73
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA       
FOB Belawan US$ (Offered Price) 660.00 655.00 655.00 685.00 685.00 668.00 628.00 40.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 671.00 666.00 666.00 696.00 696.00 679.00 639.00 40.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 2314.61 2300.03 2316.28 2418.53 2391.80 2,348.25 2206.00 142.25
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)   98.11 78.53 81.28 113.53 102.30 94.75 74.00 20.75
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