Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON  15th Mar  – 21th Mar  2006 3rd Week  
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded lower.
Crude palm oil price traded lower by RM22.00 to RM1,413.50  with  the  highest traded price at RM1,430.00.  RBD palm olein traded lower by US$5.00 to US$401.50.  Prices were lower due to:
>> Market remained under pressured due to concerns over high stocks level and uninspiring demand.
>> Lower SGS export data for the first 20 days of March, down by 4.8% to 708,345 tonnes.    
>> Lower CBOT soyabean oil and BMD CPO futures prices.      
>> Ringgit rose to its strongest level last Monday since a currency peg was removed last July 2005.    
       
Crude palm oil export duty.
>> For the current week 20/03/2006 –26/03/2006, the CPO export duty payable is RM195.50/ tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded firmer.
>> Crude palm oil price traded lower by US$4.00 to US$444.00. CPO discount vis-à-vis SBO widened to US$106.50 this week.
>> RBD palm olein traded lower by US$2.00 to US$457.50 and was at a discount of US$93.00 against SBO.
       
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
15/03/06 16/03/06 17/03/06 20/03/06 21/03/06 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 1,414.00 1413.50 1418.50 1409.50 1409.50 1,413.50 1,435.50 -22.00
PK (Ex-mill) 909.50 915.00 931.00 934.00 931.00 921.00 934.00 -13.00
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 1,937.50 1965.50 1986.00 1961.50 NT 1,954.00 1,980.00 -26.00
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 409.00 NT 410.50 404.00 NT 407.50 405.50 2.00
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 415.00 415.00 412.00 410.00 410.00 412.00 414.50 -2.50
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 400.50 410.50 400.50 404.50 NT 402.00 386.50 15.50
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 460.00 455.00 457.50 455.00 460.00 457.50 459.50 -2.00
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 450.00 447.50 452.50 450.00 450.00 450.00 452.50 -2.50
CPO (Cif Rott) 445.00 445.00 445.00 442.50 442.50 444.00 445.00 -1.00
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 554.30 554.24 553.52 547.20 544.05 550.66 558.00 -7.34
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 612.50 615.00 615.00 615.00 615.00 614.50 608.50 6.00
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 735.05 755.22 747.37 751.49 741.12 746.05 735.50 10.55
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 442.50 445.00 445.00 442.50 442.50 443.50 449.00 -5.50
Tallow 435.00 435.00 435.00 435.00 435.00 435.00 435.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 580.00 590.00 595.00 595.00 585.00 589.00 589.50 -0.50
CNO (Cif Rott) 575.00 582.50 585.00 582.50 577.50 580.50 578.00 2.50
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -109.30 -109.24 -108.52 -104.70 -101.55 -106.66 -113.00 6.34
CPO/RSO -290.05 -310.22 -302.37 -308.99 -298.62 -302.05 -290.50 -11.55
RBD P.Olein/SBO -94.30 -99.24 -96.02 -92.20 -84.05 -93.16 -98.50 5.34
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -152.50 -160.00 -157.50 -160.00 -155.00 -157.00 -149.00 -8.00
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 7.50 10.00 10.00 7.50 7.50 8.50 14.00 -5.50
PKO/CNO 5.00 7.50 10.00 12.50 7.50 8.50 11.50 -3.00
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO Jun 2006 (RM) 1444.00 1456.00 1455.00 1449.00 1441.00 1449.00 1454.00 -5.00
CBOT SBO Jul  2006 (US$) 526.68 524.48 519.64 513.26 510.40 518.89 526.00 -7.11
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA      
FOB Indonesia (US$) 377.50 377.50 377.50 377.50 377.50 377.50 382.00 -4.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 388.50 388.50 388.50 388.50 388.50 388.50 393.00 -4.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 1441.34 1441.34 1441.34 1441.34 1441.34 1,441.34 1458.00 -16.67
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)  27.34 27.84 22.84 31.84 31.84 28.34 24.50 3.84
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