Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON   09th - 15th Apr  2008 3rd  Week
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded firmer.
Crude palm oil price traded higher, increased by RM136.00 to RM3,444.00,  with the highest  traded price at RM3,700.00.  RBD palm olein traded higher by US$5.50 to US$1,237.50. Prices were traded firmer due to: 
n Supported by sharply higher BMD CPO futures boosted by short-covering  and fresh buying on news that India and China would be in the market.
n Influenced by CBOT soyabean oil prices on the prospects of improved export performance and speculation that Argentine farmers would reduce plantings of soyabean because of increased in export tax hike.
n Concerns over possible shortfall in world supply of soyabean and palm oils due to the threat of strikes by Argentine and Indonesian port workers.
n Bullish MPOB’s March stock data, down by 5.5% to 1.82 million tonnes from the previous month’s record high of 1.93 million tonnes.
Crude palm oil export duty.
n For the current week 14/04/2008 – 20/04/2008, the CPO export duty payable is RM768.56/tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded  firm.
n Crude palm oil price traded higher by US$70.00 to US$1,187.00. CPO discount vis-ŕ-vis SBO widened to US$274.00 this week.
n RBD palm olein traded higher by US$55.50 at US$1,313.00 and was at a discount of US$148.00 against SBO.
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
09/04/2008 10/04/2008 11/04/2008 14/04/2008 15/04/2008 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 3,381.50 3384.50 3455.00 3507.00 3640.50 3,444.00 3,308.00 136.00
PK (Ex-mill) 1,897.50 1917.00 1944.00 1953.00 1991.50 1,935.00 1,883.50 51.50
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 3,882.50 3917.00 3949.00 4022.00 4161.00 3,932.00 3,851.00 81.00
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 1,195.00 1212.50 1210.00 NT 1300.00 1,198.50 1149.00 49.50
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 1,218.50 1250.00 1255.50 1270.00 1320.00 1,237.50 1232.00 5.50
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 997.00 1002.50 NT 1075.00 1080.00 1,004.00 976.00 28.00
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 1,235.00 1,305.00 1,310.00 1,340.00 1,375.00 1,313.00 1257.50 55.50
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 1,220.00 1,285.00 1,290.00 1,320.00 1,355.00 1,294.00 1233.50 60.50
CPO (Cif Rott) 1,130.00 1,175.00 1,170.00 1,215.00 1,245.00 1,187.00 1117.00 70.00
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 1,408.87 1,426.35 1,438.53 1,505.05 1,525.51 1,460.86 1377.50 83.36
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 1,825.00 1,815.00 1,805.00 1,800.00 1,815.00 1,812.00 1815.00 -3.00
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 1,522.85 1,509.70 1,509.66 1,519.30 1,516.03 1,515.51 1483.00 32.51
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 1,050.00 1,085.00 1,090.00 1,095.00 1,130.00 1,090.00 1048.00 42.00
Tallow 1,028.00 1,028.00 1,028.00 1,028.00 1,028.00 1,028.00 1028.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 1,410.00 1,450.00 1,430.00 1,450.00 1,485.00 1,445.00 1395.00 50.00
CNO (Cif Rott) 1,415.00 1,475.00 1,450.00 1,480.00 1,510.00 1,466.00 1408.00 58.00
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -278.87 -251.35 -268.53 -290.05 -280.51 -273.86 -260.50 -13.36
CPO/RSO -392.85 -334.70 -339.66 -304.30 -271.03 -328.51 -358.00 29.49
RBD P.Olein/SBO -173.87 -121.35 -128.53 -165.05 -150.51 -147.86 -120.00 -27.86
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -590.00 -510.00 -495.00 -460.00 -440.00 -499.00 -557.50 58.50
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 22.00 57.00 62.00 67.00 102.00 62.00 20.00 42.00
PKO/CNO -5.00 -25.00 -20.00 -30.00 -25.00 -21.00 -13.00 -8.00
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO Jun  2008 (RM) 3325.00 3455.00 3454.00 3595.00 3690.00 3503.80 3321.50 182.30
CBOT SBO Jul  2008 (US$) 1,293.16 1339.80 1,335.18 1,369.50 1,391.94 1345.92 1243.00 102.92
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA      
FOB Belawan US$ (Offered Price) 1,107.50 1,122.50 1,122.50 1,122.50 1,187.50 1,132.50 1092.50 40.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 1,122.50 1,137.50 1,137.50 1,137.50 1,202.50 1,147.50 1,107.50 40.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 3575.16 3587.68 3587.68 3597.91 3804.11 3,630.51 3533.00 97.51
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)  193.66 203.18 132.68 90.91 163.61 156.81 216.50 -59.69
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