Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON   14th Mar – 20th Mar  2007 3rd Week
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded higher.            
Crude palm oil price traded slightly higher by RM1.50 to RM1,958.50,  with the  highest traded price at RM1,990.00.  RBD palm olein traded higher by US$2.00 to US$588.50.  Prices were traded higher:
n Mainly supported by bullish sentiments during Palm Oils and Lauric Price Outlook Conference last week.  
n Firmer CBOT soyabean oil futures. 
Crude palm oil export duty.
n  For the current week 19/03/2007 –25/03/2007, the CPO export duty payable is RM346.62/ tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded lower.
n Crude palm oil price traded lower by US$3.00 to US$613.00. CPO price discount vis-à-vis SBO widened to US$111.00 this week.
n RBD palm olein traded unchanged at US$635.50 and was at a price discount of US$89.00 against SBO.      
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
14/03/07 15/03/07 16/03/07 19/03/07 20/03/07 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 1,954.50 1952.00 1954.00 1961.50 1965.50 1,958.50 1,957.00 1.50
PK (Ex-mill) 1,108.50 1100.00 1106.50 1106.00 1112.00 1,105.50 1,105.00 0.50
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 2,195.00 2205.50 2211.50 2219.00 2240.50 2,215.50 2,180.00 35.50
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 579.50 580.50 575.50 575.00 586.50 579.00 576.00 3.00
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) NT 584.00 586.00 592.50 593.00 588.50 586.50 2.00
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) NT 541.50 NT 555.00 NT 543.50 546.50 -3.00
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 630.00 635.00 632.50 637.50 640.00 635.50 635.50 0.00
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 630.00 630.00 630.00 632.50 635.00 631.50 630.50 1.00
CPO (Cif Rott) 610.00 605.00 612.50 620.00 617.50 613.00 616.00 -3.00
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 723.95 723.85 724.17 722.98 725.01 723.99 722.50 1.49
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 727.50 730.00 725.00 722.50 715.00 724.00 731.00 -7.00
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 767.63 763.54 768.10 770.82 764.92 767.00 776.50 -9.50
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 605.00 607.50 607.50 610.00 615.00 609.00 599.00 10.00
Tallow 555.00 555.00 555.00 555.00 555.00 555.00 555.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 695.00 705.00 700.00 700.00 700.00 700.00 697.00 3.00
CNO (Cif Rott) 765.00 765.00 765.00 770.00 770.00 767.00 764.00 3.00
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -113.95 -118.85 -111.67 -102.98 -107.51 -110.99 -106.50 -4.49
CPO/RSO -157.63 -158.54 -155.60 -150.82 -147.42 -154.00 -160.50 6.50
RBD P.Olein/SBO -93.95 -88.85 -91.67 -85.48 -85.01 -88.99 -87.00 -1.99
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -97.50 -95.00 -92.50 -85.00 -75.00 -89.00 -95.50 6.50
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 50.00 52.50 52.50 55.00 60.00 54.00 44.00 10.00
PKO/CNO -70.00 -60.00 -65.00 -70.00 -70.00 -67.00 -67.00 0.00
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO May/June 2007 (RM) 1945.00 1956.00 1947.00 1970.00 1977.00 1959.00 1961.50 -2.50
CBOT SBO May/July  2007 (US$) 669.90 672.32 687.28 692.34 697.84 683.94 671.50 12.44
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA       
FOB Belawan US$ (Offered Price) 552.50 555.00 552.50 557.50 560.00 555.50 553.00 2.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 563.50 566.00 563.50 568.50 571.00 566.50 564.00 2.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 1981.38 1985.25 1978.56 1991.23 1995.82 1,986.45 1977.00 9.45
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)   26.88 33.24 24.56 29.73 30.32 28.95 19.50 9.45
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