Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON  11th Oct  – 17th Oct  2006 3rd Week  
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded firmer.
Crude palm oil price traded higher by RM8.50 to RM1,513.00,  with  the  highest traded price at RM1,540.00.  RBD palm olein traded higher by US$13.00 to US$450.00.  Prices were traded bullish due to:
  • Higher CBOT soyabean oil and BMD CPO futures prices.
  • Higher SGS export data for first 15 days of October 2006, up by 30% to 708,014 tonnes.
       
  • Firmer crude oil price led positive sentiments for the local bio-diesel industry.
Crude palm oil export duty.
  • For the current week 16/10/2006 –22/10/2006, the CPO export duty payable is RM227.51/ tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded firmer.
  • Crude palm oil price traded firmer by US$8.00 to US$510.00. CPO discount vis-à-vis SBO narrowed to US$102.50 this week.
  • RBD palm olein traded slightly higher by US$1.00 to US$505.00 and was at a discount of US$108.00 against SBO.   
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
11/10/06 12/10/06 13/10/06 16/10/06 17/10/06 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 1,507.50 1507.00 1515.50 1521.50 1522.50 1,513.00 1,504.50 8.50
PK (Ex-mill) 801.00 798.50 798.50 825.00 830.00 812.50 807.00 5.50
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 1,692.50 1706.50 1725.00 1765.00 1752.50 1,711.50 1,712.00 -0.50
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 435.00 437.00 431.50 NT NT 434.50 436.00 -1.50
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 444.50 447.00 447.00 454.50 455.00 450.00 437.00 13.00
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 414.00 398.00 403.00 412.50 NT 404.50 400.00 4.50
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 505.00 510.00 502.50 502.50 502.50 505.00 504.00 1.00
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 482.00 492.50 492.50 492.50 492.50 490.40 482.00 8.40
CPO (Cif Rott) 505.00 507.00 515.00 510.00 512.50 509.90 502.00 7.90
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 616.30 616.55 613.04 600.86 615.36 612.42 605.00 7.42
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 660.00 665.00 670.00 672.50 680.00 669.50 660.00 9.50
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 753.12 763.47 767.22 772.36 792.79 769.79 765.50 4.29
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 455.00 455.00 457.50 455.00 457.50 456.00 453.50 2.50
    455.00 455.00 457.50 455.00 457.50 456.00 453.50 2.50
Tallow 465.00 465.00 465.00 465.00 465.00 465.00 465.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 540.00 545.00 555.00 560.00 565.00 553.00 542.00 11.00
CNO (Cif Rott) 610.00 617.50 630.00 635.00 635.00 625.50 612.00 13.50
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -111.30 -109.55 -98.04 -90.86 -102.86 -102.52 -103.00 0.48
CPO/RSO -248.12 -256.47 -252.22 -262.36 -280.29 -259.89 -263.50 3.61
RBD P.Olein/SBO -111.30 -106.55 -110.54 -98.36 -112.86 -107.92 -101.00 -6.92
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -155.00 -155.00 -167.50 -170.00 -177.50 -165.00 -156.00 -9.00
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow -10.00 -10.00 -7.50 -10.00 -7.50 -9.00 -11.50 2.50
PKO/CNO -70.00 -72.50 -75.00 -75.00 -70.00 -72.50 -70.00 -2.50
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO Jan 2007 (RM) 1553.00 1576.00 1591.00 1590.00 1598.00 1581.60 1543.00 38.60
CBOT SBO Dec  2006 (US$) 539.00 547.58 548.46 556.82 572.44 552.86 531.00 21.86
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA       
FOB Indonesia (US$) 422.50 425.00 430.00 430.00 430.00 427.50 421.00 6.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 433.50 436.00 441.00 441.00 441.00 438.50 432.00 6.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 1602.00 1610.06 1623.10 1624.91 1621.34 1,616.28 1595.00 21.28
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)   94.50 103.06 107.60 103.41 98.84 101.48 89.50 11.98
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