Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON   16th  – 22th May  2007 3rd  Week
Prices in the domestic and export markets remain firm.            
Crude palm oil price traded higher, up by RM61.50 to RM2,510.00,  with the  highest traded price at RM2,540.00.  RBD palm olein traded higher by US$18.50 to US$763.50.  Prices were traded higher:
n Strong support by firmer BMD CPO futures following reports of tight supply situation and good exports performance.
n Higher SGS export data for the first 20 days of May, up by 1.3% to 799,579 tonnes from the same period of last month.       
n Fresh buying mainly from major Muslim countries for July and August shipment to meet demand for the month of Ramadan.      
Crude palm oil export duty.
n .  For the current week 21/05/2007 – 27/05/2007, the CPO export duty payable is RM498.57/ tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded higher.
n Crude palm oil price traded higher  by US$14.00 to US$765.00. CPO price discount vis-à-vis SBO narrowed to US$25.50 this week.
n RBD palm olein traded higher by US$21.00 to US$814.50 and was at a price premium of US$23.50 against SBO.
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
16/05/07 17/05/07 18/05/07 21/05/07 22/05/07 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 2,500.00 2497.00 2522.00 2521.00 2515.00 2,510.00 2,448.50 61.50
PK (Ex-mill) 1,317.00 1326.50 1352.50 1346.50 1348.00 1,334.00 1,308.00 26.00
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 2,651.50 2662.00 2728.00 2728.00 2728.00 2,703.00 2,597.00 106.00
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 755.50 755.50 759.00 758.50 760.00 756.00 741.50 14.50
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 762.50 758.50 769.50 769.00 770.00 763.50 745.00 18.50
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 726.00 733.00 742.50 740.50 745.00 732.00 703.50 28.50
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 820.00 PH 825.00 827.50 785.00 814.38 793.50 20.88
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 815.00 PH 820.00 822.50 780.00 809.38 784.50 24.88
CPO (Cif Rott) 762.50 PH 772.50 765.00 760.00 765.00 751.00 14.00
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 783.12 PH 796.91 791.21 791.33 790.64 786.50 4.14
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 840.00 PH 835.00 840.00 835.00 837.50 829.50 8.00
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 816.87 PH 823.93 831.58 830.36 825.68 833.50 -7.82
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 790.00 PH 800.00 800.00 767.50 789.38 764.00 25.38
Tallow 560.00 PH 560.00 560.00 560.00 560.00 560.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 860.00 PH 870.00 875.00 870.00 868.75 836.00 32.75
CNO (Cif Rott) 890.00 PH 900.00 905.00 905.00 900.00 873.00 27.00
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -20.62 UNQ -24.41 -26.21 -31.33 -25.64 -35.50 9.86
CPO/RSO -54.37 UNQ -51.43 -66.58 -70.36 -60.68 -82.50 21.82
RBD P.Olein/SBO 36.88 UNQ 28.09 36.29 -6.33 23.73 7.00 16.73
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -20.00 UNQ -10.00 -12.50 -50.00 -23.13 -36.00 12.88
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 230.00 UNQ 240.00 240.00 207.50 229.38 204.00 25.38
PKO/CNO -30.00 UNQ -30.00 -30.00 -35.00 -31.25 -37.00 5.75
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO July  2007 (RM) 2388.00 2393.00 2424.00 2422.00 2428.00 2411.00 2334.00 77.00
CBOT SBO July  2007 (US$) 764.06 769.78 773.30 775.72 766.26 769.82 750.00 19.82
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA       
FOB Belawan US$ (Offered Price) 737.50 732.50 735.00 737.50 735.00 735.50 722.50 13.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 748.50 743.50 746.00 748.50 746.00 746.50 733.50 13.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 2546.77 2529.02 2538.64 2539.66 2531.55 2,537.13 2498.00 39.13
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)   46.77 32.02 16.64 18.66 16.55 26.13 49.50 -23.37
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