Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON      14th - 20th July 2010 3rd Week
Prices in the domestic market traded higher.
  Crude palm oil price traded higher by RM66.00 to RM2,473.50,  with the highest  traded price at RM2,550.00.  Price of RBD palm olein traded higher by US$28.50 to US$806.00.  Palm oil prices traded higher due to:
n Supported by higher exports for the first 15 days of July, 2010. According to private cargo surveyors, ITS and SGS, which estimated exports up by 11.3% to 668,573 tonnes and 16.4% to 708,384 tonnes respectively.
n Expectations of good demand ahead of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadhan in early August also lifted palm oil market sentiments.
n Expectation of lower palm oil stocks because of strong demand and concerns over lower yield performance in the States of Sabah and Sarawak have prompted palm oil traders to take up buying positions.
 Crude palm oil exports duty.
n For the current week 19/07/2010 – 25/07/2010, the CPO export duty payable is RM501.49/tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded  higher.
n Crude palm oil price traded higher by US$23.00 to US$811.50. CPO discount vis-à-vis SBO widened at US$107.50 this week.
n RBD palm olein traded higher by US$29.50 to US$851.50 and was at a discount of US$67.50 against SBO.
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
14/07/10 15/07/10 16/07/10 19/07/10 20/07/10 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)              
CPO (Lcl Deld) 2,447.00 2466.00 2489.50 2491.00 2505.00 2,473.50 2,407.50 66.00
PK (Ex-mill) 1,610.50 1619.50 1616.50 1623.00 1628.50 1,617.00 1,596.00 21.00
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 3,358.00 3366.50 3403.00 3392.50 3398.00 3,381.00 3,355.00 26.00
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)                
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) NT 800.00 804.00 NT NT 803.50 771.50 32.00
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 783.00 810.50 808.00 813.50 815.00 806.00 777.50 28.50
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 752.00 782.50 765.00 769.00 782.50 762.50 728.00 34.50
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)              
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 835.00 850.00 857.50 860.00 855.00 851.50 822.00 29.50
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 830.00 845.00 852.50 855.00 850.00 846.50 817.50 29.00
CPO (Cif Rott) 805.00 815.00 815.00 812.50 810.00 811.50 788.50 23.00
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 919.01 921.56 917.82 920.02 916.47 918.97 887.00 31.97
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 930.00 940.00 950.00 960.00 945.00 945.00 911.00 34.00
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 950.92 979.56 956.60 958.89 948.74 958.94 918.00 40.94
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 810.00 825.00 825.00 820.00 815.00 819.00 805.00 14.00
Tallow 840.00 840.00 840.00 840.00 840.00 840.00 840.00 0.00
PKO (Cif Rott) 1,025.00 1,065.00 1,060.00 1,070.00 1,060.00 1,056.00 1,032.00 24.00
CNO (Cif Rott) 1,055.00 1,030.00 1,040.00 1,040.00 1,035.00 1,040.00 1000.00 40.00
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)          
CPO/SBO -114.01 -106.56 -102.82 -107.52 -106.47 -107.47 -98.50 -8.97
CPO/RSO -145.92 -164.56 -141.60 -146.39 -138.74 -147.44 -129.50 -17.94
RBD P.Olein/SBO -84.01 -71.56 -60.32 -60.02 -61.47 -67.47 -65.00 -2.47
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -95.00 -90.00 -92.50 -100.00 -90.00 -93.50 -89.00 -4.50
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow -30.00 -15.00 -15.00 -20.00 -25.00 -21.00 -35.00 14.00
PKO/CNO -30.00 35.00 20.00 30.00 25.00 16.00 32.00 -16.00
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)                
BMD CPO Aug 2010 (RM) 2381.00 2439.00 2449.00 2454.00 2424.00 2429.40 2311.00 118.40
CBOT SBO Aug 2010 (US$) 840.40 848.98 842.82 841.72 855.14 845.81 826.00 19.81
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA             
FOB Belawan US$ (Offered Price) 767.50 772.50 782.50 782.50 782.50 777.50 750.00 27.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 778.50 783.50 793.50 793.50 793.50 788.50 761.00 27.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 2489.64 2511.90 2545.55 2561.42 2558.24 2,533.35 2439.50 93.85
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)   42.64 45.90 56.05 70.42 53.24 53.65 29.00 24.65
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