Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON    10th - 16th Dec  2008 3rd Week
Prices in the domestic and export markets  higher.
Crude palm oil price traded lower by RM97.50 to RM1,588.00,  with the highest  traded price at RM1,650.00.  RBD palm olein higher by US$39.00  to US$555.00.  Palm oil  prices  were  traded higher mainly due to:
n Markets concerns over heavy rainfall on major Malaysian palm oil producing states. Possibility of supply tightness in the next two or three months due to the bad weathers and lower palm oil production cycle.
n Better exports performance, SGS exports data for the first 15 days of December increased sharply by 36% to 895,693 tonnes. Exports are expected to do much better for the month of December because some oversea purchasers are buying ahead of the anticipated supply tightness. 
n Firmer crude oil prices and steady European vegetable oils markets also lent some support to local palm oil prices.
Crude palm oil export duty.
n For the current week 15/12/2008 – 21/12/2008, the CPO export duty payable is RM228.70/tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded  higher.
n Crude palm oil price traded higher by US$31.00 to US$502.00. CPO discount vis-à-vis SBO narrowed to US$241.50 this week.
n RBD palm olein traded higher by US$36.00 to US$579.50 and was at a discount of US$164.00 against SBO.
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
10/12/2008 11/12/2008 12/12/2008 15/12/2008 16/12/2008 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)              
CPO (Lcl Deld) 1,574.50 1616.50 1594.50 1587.50 1552.50 1,588.00 1,490.50 97.50
PK (Ex-mill) 652.00 689.00 693.00 698.50 705.00 690.00 674.50 15.50
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 1,639.50 1652.00 1663.00 1658.00 1630.50 1,651.50 1,595.00 56.50
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)                
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 484.50 505.50 490.50 489.50 495.00 489.00 472.00 17.00
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 522.50 541.00 537.00 543.50 520.00 539.00 500.00 39.00
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 347.00 NT 339.50 NT NT 341.00 321.00 20.00
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)              
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 580.00 597.50 572.50 575.00 572.50 579.50 543.50 36.00
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 545.00 565.00 545.00 545.00 542.50 548.50 513.50 35.00
CPO (Cif Rott) 505.00 517.50 495.00 500.00 492.50 502.00 471.00 31.00
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 727.43 751.07 733.81 750.86 753.14 743.26 753.00 -9.74
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 790.00 765.00 755.00 745.00 735.00 758.00 788.00 -30.00
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 826.33 843.44 833.88 853.25 856.78 842.73 822.50 20.23
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 405.00 420.00 410.00 405.00 405.00 409.00 380.00 29.00
Tallow 465.00 465.00 465.00 465.00 465.00 465.00 465.00 0.00
PKO (Cif Rott) 560.00 550.00 550.00 550.00 540.00 550.00 528.00 22.00
PKO (Cif Rott) 700.00 690.00 710.00 710.00 700.00 702.00 743.00 -41.00
CNO (Cif Rott) 740.00 760.00 750.00 740.00 730.00 744.00 702.00 42.00
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)      
CPO/SBO -222.43 -233.57 -238.81 -250.86 -260.64 -241.26 -281.50 40.24
CPO/RSO -321.33 -325.94 -338.88 -353.25 -364.28 -340.73 -351.50 10.77
RBD P.Olein/SBO -147.43 -153.57 -161.31 -175.86 -180.64 -163.76 -223.50 59.74
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -210.00 -167.50 -182.50 -170.00 -162.50 -178.50 -243.50 65.00
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow -60.00 -45.00 -55.00 -60.00 -60.00 -56.00 -85.00 29.00
PKO/CNO -180.00 -210.00 -200.00 -190.00 -190.00 -194.00 -174.00 -20.00
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)                
BMD CPO Mar 2009 (RM) 1605.00 1638.00 1590.00 1580.00 1545.00 1591.60 1530.00 61.60
CBOT SBO Mar  2009 (US$) 687.06 705.98 710.16 680.02 697.62 696.17 660.50 35.67
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA             
FOB Belawan US$ (Offered Price) 435.00 455.00 440.00 437.50 432.50 440.00 416.00 24.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 450.00 470.00 455.00 452.50 447.50 455.00 431.00 24.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 1629.00 1687.30 1616.16 1615.43 1591.76 1,627.93 1568.50 59.43
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)   1629.00 1687.30 1616.16 1615.43 1591.76 1,627.93 64.50 1563.43
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