Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON   13th  -   19th Feb  2008 3rd  Week
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded firm.
Crude palm oil price traded firm, increased  by  RM81.00 to RM3,480.50,  with the highest  traded price at RM3,650.00. RBD palm olein traded higher by US$15.00 to US$1,142.00. Prices were traded firmer due to:                                                                               
n Bullish BMD CPO futures prices, April actively-traded contract reached  an all-time high of RM3,544.00.
n Bullish BMD CPO futures prices, April actively-traded contract reached  an all-time high of RM3,544.00.
n Firmer CBOT soyabean oil prices.  Market concerns over severe snow-storm in China which destroyed almost 40% of the total rapeseed planted area.  Rush demand by China supported bullish sentiments.
n Higher SGS’s palm oil export performance for the first 15 days of February, up by 34.1% to 619,065 tonnes.
Crude palm oil export duty.
n  For the current week 18/02/2008 – 24/02/2008, the CPO export duty payable is RM742.88/tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded  firm.
n Crude palm oil price traded higher by US$19.00 to US$1117.00. CPO discount vis-à-vis SBO widened to US$270.00  this week.
n RBD palm olein traded higher  by US$39.00  at US$1211.00  and  was  at a discount of US$176.00 against SBO.
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
13/02/2008 14/02/2008 15/02/2008 18/02/2008 19/02/2008 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 3,382.00 3428.00 3505.50 3521.00 3594.00 3,480.50 3,399.50 81.00
PK (Ex-mill) 2,036.00 2045.50 2052.00 2048.50 2071.50 2,051.50 2,029.50 22.00
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 4,153.50 4126.00 4161.00 4166.00 4171.00 4,151.00 4,148.00 3.00
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 1,109.00 1125.00 1145.00 1156.50 1190.00 1,134.00 1050.50 83.50
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 1,123.50 1135.00 1154.50 1177.00 1200.00 1,142.00 1127.00 15.00
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 1,020.00 1035.00 1042.50 1090.00 1100.00 1,047.00 1035.00 12.00
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 1,165.00 1,197.50 1,202.50 1,237.50 1,252.50 1,211.00 1172.00 39.00
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 1,155.00 1,187.50 1,192.50 1,227.50 1,242.50 1,201.00 1162.00 39.00
CPO (Cif Rott) 1,075.00 1,085.00 1,100.00 1,135.00 1,190.00 1,117.00 1098.00 19.00
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 1,348.19 1,372.20 1,393.46 1,391.66 1,429.68 1,387.04 1344.50 42.54
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 1,820.00 1,830.00 1,825.00 1,830.00 1,825.00 1,826.00 1820.00 6.00
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 1,362.76 1,397.07 1,400.79 1,396.05 1,437.05 1,398.75 1366.50 32.25
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 1,075.00 1,105.00 1,105.00 1,135.00 1,135.00 1,111.00 1075.00 36.00
Tallow 890.00 890.00 890.00 890.00 890.00 890.00 890.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 1,320.00 1,350.00 1,360.00 1,390.00 1,405.00 1,365.00 1354.00 11.00
CNO (Cif Rott) 1,320.00 1,350.00 1,355.00 1,380.00 1,400.00 1,361.00 1348.00 13.00
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -273.19 -287.20 -293.46 -256.66 -239.68 -270.04 -246.50 -23.54
CPO/RSO -287.76 -312.07 -300.79 -261.05 -247.05 -281.75 -270.50 -11.25
RBD P.Olein/SBO -183.19 -174.70 -190.96 -154.16 -177.18 -176.04 -172.50 -3.54
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -655.00 -632.50 -622.50 -592.50 -572.50 -615.00 -648.00 33.00
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 185.00 215.00 215.00 245.00 245.00 221.00 185.00 36.00
PKO/CNO 0.00 0.00 5.00 10.00 5.00 4.00 6.00 -2.00
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO April  2008 (RM) 3360.00 3459.00 3484.00 3595.00 3625.00 3504.60 3389.50 115.10
CBOT SBO May  2008 (US$) 1,253.78 1294.92 1,302.18 PH 1,341.34 1298.06 1234.50 63.56
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA       
FOB Belawan US$ (Offered Price) 1,047.50 1,070.00 1,087.50 1,120.00 1,132.00 1,091.40 1033.50 57.90
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 1,062.50 1,085.00 1,102.50 1,135.00 1,147.00 1,106.40 1,048.50 57.90
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 3438.25 3514.86 3563.28 3656.97 3695.63 3,573.80 3395.50 178.30
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)   56.25 86.86 57.78 135.97 101.63 87.70 -3.50 91.20
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