Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON  13th Dec  – 19th Dec  2006 3rd Week  
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded higher.          
Crude palm oil price traded higher by RM12.50 to RM1,862.00,  with the  highest traded price at RM1,900.00.  RBD palm olein traded higher by US$2.00 to US$546.50.  CPO price  traded higher due to:
n Firmer CPO price at BMD due to news of smaller than expected decline in December palm oil shipments.  
n Firmer CBOT soyabean oil futures price performance arising from supportive export news and investment fund buying
n Malaysian palm oil prices traded firmer with weaker Ringgit currency as against the US Dollar traded last week. A weaker  Ringgit makes palm oil exports more attractive to buyers. 
Crude palm oil export duty.
n For the current week 18/12/2006 –24/12/2006, the CPO export duty payable is RM334.71/ tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded higher.
n Crude palm oil price traded lower by US$9.50 to US$579.50. CPO price discount vis-à-vis SBO narrowed to US$128.50 this week.
n RBD palm olein traded lower by US$7.00 to US$603.50 and was at a price discount of US$104.50 against SBO.    
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
13/12/06 14/12/06 15/12/06 18/12/06 19/12/06 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 1,894.00 1875.50 1867.00 1849.00 1854.00 1,862.00 1,849.50 12.50
PK (Ex-mill) 1,064.50 1054.50 1052.50 1055.00 1045.00 1,052.50 1,023.50 29.00
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 2,193.00 2188.50 2174.50 2145.00 2147.50 2,169.50 2,074.00 95.50
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 559.00 548.00 547.50 545.00 547.50 546.50 544.50 2.00
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 562.00 562.00 560.00 557.50 555.00 559.00 552.50 6.50
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 492.50 484.00 490.00 490.00 495.00 484.50 478.00 6.50
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 610.00 605.00 605.00 597.50 600.00 603.50 610.50 -7.00
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 600.00 597.50 597.50 590.00 592.50 595.50 599.00 -3.50
CPO (Cif Rott) 585.00 582.50 585.00 577.50 567.50 579.50 589.00 -9.50
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 708.38 719.14 706.97 701.91 703.45 707.97 719.00 -11.03
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 737.50 735.00 735.00 732.50 720.00 732.00 743.00 -11.00
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 857.72 856.12 848.36 850.92 851.27 852.88 859.50 -6.62
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 540.00 540.00 540.00 537.00 532.50 537.90 539.00 -1.10
Tallow 535.00 535.00 535.00 535.00 535.00 535.00 535.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 665.00 665.00 665.00 665.00 635.00 659.00 648.00 11.00
CNO (Cif Rott) 765.00 755.00 755.00 750.00 740.00 753.00 723.50 29.50
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -123.38 -136.64 -121.97 -124.41 -135.95 -128.47 -130.00 1.53
CPO/RSO -272.72 -273.62 -263.36 -273.42 -283.77 -273.38 -270.50 -2.88
RBD P.Olein/SBO -98.38 -114.14 -101.97 -104.41 -103.45 -104.47 -108.50 4.03
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -127.50 -130.00 -130.00 -135.00 -120.00 -128.50 -132.50 4.00
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 5.00 5.00 5.00 2.00 -2.50 2.90 4.00 -1.10
PKO/CNO -100.00 -90.00 -90.00 -85.00 -105.00 -94.00 -75.50 -18.50
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO Feb 2007 (RM) 1901.00 1855.00 1860.00 1847.00 1864.00 1865.40 1874.00 -8.60
CBOT SBO Mar  2007 (US$) 638.44 633.38 628.98 619.30 624.36 628.89 643.00 -14.11
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA       
FOB Belawan US$ (Offered Price) 527.50 520.00 520.00 520.00 525.00 522.50 517.00 5.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 538.50 531.00 531.00 531.00 536.00 533.50 528.00 5.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 1908.23 1886.32 1883.67 1886.32 1898.67 1,892.64 1874.60 18.04
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)   14.23 10.82 16.67 37.32 44.67 24.74 20.20 4.54
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