Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON  10th Jan  – 16th Jan  2007 3rd Week
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded lower.            
Crude palm oil price traded lower by RM14.50 to RM1,935.50,  with the  highest traded price at RM1,970.00.  RBD palm olein traded lower by US$13.00 to US$567.50.  Prices were traded lower due to:
n Concerns that supply disruption will resume as normal. According to reports from Malaysian Meteorological Department rain has slowed down in the key state of Johor palm oil growing areas. 
n Concerns over lower SGS exports estimate for the first 15 days of January, down 6.1% to 472,181 tonnes.
n Palm oil prices were pressured on heavy liquidation from speculators in the BMD CPO futures market.
n Weaker vegetable oil prices in the world market added pressure on local palm oil prices.
Crude palm oil export duty.
n For the current week 15/01/2007 –21/01/2007, the CPO export duty payable is RM353.41/ tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded lower.
n Crude palm oil price traded lower by US$1.50 to US$596.00. CPO price discount vis-à-vis SBO narrowed to US$97.00 this week.
n RBD palm olein traded lower by US$2.00 to US$623.00 and was at a price discount of US$69.50 against SBO.    
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
10/01/07 11/01/07 12/01/07 15/01/07 16/01/07 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 1,922.50 1934.50 1932.00 1950.50 1938.50 1,935.50 1,950.00 -14.50
PK (Ex-mill) 1,071.00 1078.50 1106.00 1108.00 1093.50 1,088.50 1,112.50 -24.00
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 2,184.50 2163.50 2174.00 2198.50 2174.50 2,170.00 2,215.00 -45.00
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) NT 562.50 564.50 576.50 NT 566.50 565.50 1.00
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 563.00 572.00 558.00 582.00 582.00 567.50 580.50 -13.00
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 515.00 NT NT 542.00 NT 523.50 518.50 5.00
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 615.00 617.50 UNQ 630.00 630.00 623.13 625.00 -1.88
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 607.50 610.00 UNQ 622.50 622.50 615.63 616.00 -0.38
CPO (Cif Rott) 587.50 595.00 597.50 602.50 602.50 596.00 597.50 -1.50
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 683.34 685.20 700.54 697.20 704.03 694.06 699.50 -5.44
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 717.50 720.00 727.50 725.00 722.50 722.50 729.00 -6.50
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 811.46 816.82 UNQ 831.72 826.75 821.69 833.00 -11.31
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 567.50 570.00 UNQ 580.00 575.00 573.13 569.50 3.63
Tallow 570.00 570.00 570.00 570.00 570.00 570.00 570.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 657.50 660.00 670.00 670.00 667.50 665.00 661.50 3.50
CNO (Cif Rott) 720.00 725.00 727.50 735.00 735.00 728.50 742.00 -13.50
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -95.84 -90.20 -103.04 -94.70 -101.53 -97.06 -101.50 4.44
CPO/RSO -223.96 -221.82 597.50 -229.22 -224.25 -60.35 -235.50 175.15
RBD P.Olein/SBO -68.34 -67.70 UNQ -67.20 -74.03 -69.32 -74.00 4.68
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -102.50 -102.50 UNQ -95.00 -92.50 -98.13 -104.00 5.88
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow -2.50 0.00 UNQ 10.00 5.00 3.13 -0.50 3.63
PKO/CNO -62.50 -65.00 -57.50 -65.00 -67.50 -63.50 -80.50 17.00
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO Mar 2007 (RM) 1881.00 1900.00 1913.00 1935.00 1947.00 1915.20 1923.50 -8.30
CBOT SBO May  2007 (US$) 627.22 634.92 649.44 658.46 652.96 644.60 640.50 4.10
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA       
FOB Belawan US$ (Offered Price) 532.50 540.00 540.00 550.00 550.00 542.50 546.50 -4.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 543.50 551.00 551.00 561.00 561.00 553.50 557.50 -4.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 1905.02 1936.05 1938.09 1966.36 1964.96 1,942.10 1958.50 -16.40
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)   -17.48 1.55 6.09 15.86 26.46 6.50 11.50 -5.00
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