Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON  13th Sept  – 19th Sept  2006 3rd Week  
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded firmer.
Crude palm oil price traded lower by RM20.50 to RM1,518.00,  with  the  highest traded price at RM1,535.00.  RBD palm olein traded lower by US$12.00 to US$447.50.  Prices were bearish due to:
>> Weaker BMD CPO futures prices and world vegetable oil prices.
>> Lower SGS export data for the first 15 days of September 2006, down by 12% to 552,866 tonnes.
       
>> Bearish MPOB August 2006 palm oil data, coupled with expectations of a higher September CPO production due to favourable weather. 
Crude palm oil export duty.
>> For the current week 18/09/2006 –24/09/2006, the CPO export duty payable is RM243.59/ tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded firmer.
>> Crude palm oil price traded lower by US$3.00 to US$502.00. CPO discount vis-à-vis SBO narrowed to US$93.00 this week.
>> RBD palm olein traded lower by US$6.00 to US$507.50 and was at a discount of US$88.50 against SBO.     
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
13/09/06 14/09/06 15/09/06 18/09/06 19/09/06 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 1,511.00 1522.00 1515.50 1523.00 1516.50 1,518.00 1,538.50 -20.50
PK (Ex-mill) 815.50 809.00 815.00 807.00 803.00 811.00 825.50 -14.50
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 1,778.50 1771.00 1781.50 1741.50 1728.00 1,772.00 1,790.00 -18.00
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 440.00 440.00 437.50 437.00 440.00 439.50 455.50 -16.00
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 452.00 447.00 447.00 447.50 450.00 447.50 459.50 -12.00
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 415.00 417.00 413.00 407.50 410.00 414.00 423.00 -9.00
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 505.00 507.50 507.50 507.50 510.00 507.50 513.50 -6.00
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 490.00 490.00 490.00 490.00 490.00 490.00 497.00 -7.00
CPO (Cif Rott) 497.50 502.50 500.00 505.00 505.00 502.00 505.00 -3.00
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 617.53 616.39 620.20 614.50 614.64 616.65 622.00 -5.35
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 677.50 687.50 685.00 680.00 677.50 681.50 688.00 -6.50
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 803.17 790.15 787.96 780.47 783.19 788.99 796.50 -7.51
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 467.50 470.00 465.00 465.00 465.00 466.50 474.50 -8.00
Tallow 465.00 465.00 465.00 465.00 465.00 465.00 465.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 560.00 545.00 545.00 550.00 542.50 548.50 568.50 -20.00
CNO (Cif Rott) 610.00 605.00 600.00 600.00 600.00 603.00 622.00 -19.00
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -120.03 -113.89 -120.20 -109.50 -109.64 -114.65 -117.00 2.35
CPO/RSO -305.67 -287.65 -287.96 -275.47 -278.19 -286.99 -291.50 4.51
RBD P.Olein/SBO -112.53 -108.89 -112.70 -107.00 -104.64 -109.15 -108.50 -0.65
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -172.50 -180.00 -177.50 -172.50 -167.50 -174.00 -174.50 0.50
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 2.50 5.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.50 9.50 -8.00
PKO/CNO -50.00 -60.00 -55.00 -50.00 -57.50 -54.50 -53.50 -1.00
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO Nov  2006 (RM) 1527.00 1535.00 1544.00 1550.00 1562.00 1543.60 1548.00 -4.40
CBOT SBO Dec  2006 (US$) 550.44 555.72 551.32 548.90 540.10 549.30 548.00 1.30
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA       
FOB Indonesia (US$) 420.00 422.50 422.50 420.00 422.50 421.50 428.00 -6.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 431.00 433.50 433.50 431.00 433.50 432.50 439.00 -6.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 1582.20 1590.51 1591.81 1585.22 1594.41 1,588.83 1605.00 -16.17
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)   71.20 68.51 76.31 62.22 77.91 71.23 68.50 2.73
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