Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON   12th - 18th Mar  2008 3rd  Week
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded easier.
Crude palm oil price traded lower, decreased  by  RM163.50 to RM3,624.00,  with the highest  traded price at RM3,880.00.  RBD palm olein traded lower  by US$2.50 to US$1,306.50. Prices were traded easier due to:                                                                               
n BMD CPO futures finished the week moderately lower influenced by limit-down at CBOT and Dalian’s soyabean oil futures prices.
n Fundamentally, the all-time high MPOB February’s palm stock at 1.93 million tones broke the bull’s market  into bear mode during the week.
Crude palm oil export duty.
n  For the current week 17/03/2008 –  23/03/2008, the CPO export duty payable is RM902.15/tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded  easier.
n Crude palm oil price traded lower by US$60.50 to US$1229.50. CPO discount vis-à-vis SBO narrowed to US$249.00  this week.
n RBD palm olein traded lower  by US$43.00  at US$1339.00  and  was  at a discount of US$139.50 against SBO.
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
12/03/2008 13/03/2008 14/03/2008 17/03/2008 18/03/2008 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 3,805.50 3830.00 3713.00 3583.00 3380.00 3,624.00 3,787.50 -163.50
PK (Ex-mill) 2,055.00 2055.50 2022.50 1996.00 1947.00 2,027.00 2,098.50 -71.50
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 4,155.00 4175.50 4185.50 4142.00 3968.50 4,165.50 4,312.50 -147.00
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 1,295.00 1329.50 NT 1242.50 1180.00 1,266.50 1347.50 -81.00
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 1,316.00 1353.50 1347.50 1294.50 1233.50 1,306.50 1309.00 -2.50
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 1,117.00 1233.00 NT 1105.00 1060.00 1,133.50 1174.50 -41.00
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 1,370.00 1,392.50 1,352.50 1,305.00 1,275.00 1,339.00 1382.00 -43.00
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 1,347.50 1,377.50 1,340.00 1,290.00 1,260.00 1,323.00 1367.00 -44.00
CPO (Cif Rott) 1,265.00 1,282.50 1,250.00 1,175.00 1,175.00 1,229.50 1290.00 -60.50
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 1,519.20 1,505.43 1,492.40 1,457.34 1,418.93 1,478.66 1547.00 -68.34
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 1,835.00 1,860.00 1,870.00 1,850.00 1,850.00 1,853.00 1855.00 -2.00
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) UNQ 1,595.72 1,542.51 UNQ 1,516.90 1,551.71 1546.00 5.71
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 1,165.00 1,195.00 1,160.00 1,145.00 1,130.00 1,159.00 1224.00 -65.00
Tallow 935.00 935.00 935.00 935.00 935.00 935.00 935.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 1,460.00 1,465.00 1,460.00 1,400.00 1,380.00 1,433.00 1496.00 -63.00
CNO (Cif Rott) 1,482.50 1,490.00 1,465.00 1,425.00 1,400.00 1,452.50 1498.00 -45.50
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -254.20 -222.93 -242.40 -282.34 -243.93 -249.16 -257.00 7.84
CPO/RSO UNQ -313.22 -292.51 UNQ -341.90 -315.88 -242.00 -73.88
RBD P.Olein/SBO -149.20 -112.93 -139.90 -152.34 -143.93 -139.66 -165.00 25.34
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -465.00 -467.50 -517.50 -545.00 -575.00 -514.00 -473.00 -41.00
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 230.00 260.00 225.00 210.00 195.00 224.00 289.00 -65.00
PKO/CNO -22.50 -25.00 -5.00 -25.00 -20.00 -19.50 -2.00 -17.50
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO May  2008 (RM) 3765.00 3798.00 3686.00 3600.00 3450.00 3659.80 3843.50 -183.70
CBOT SBO May  2008 (US$) 1,369.28 1376.32 1,332.32 1,288.32 1,284.80 1330.21 1414.00 -83.79
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA       
FOB Belawan US$ (Offered Price) 1,217.50 1,217.00 1,242.50 1,212.50 1,182.50 1,214.40 1237.00 -22.60
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 1,232.50 1,232.00 1,257.50 1,227.50 1,197.50 1,229.40 1,252.00 -22.60
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 3925.51 3898.05 3987.53 3918.18 3810.45 3,907.94 3993.00 -85.06
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)   120.01 68.05 274.53 335.18 430.45 245.64 178.50 67.14
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