Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON   18th -  24th Jun 2008 4th  Week
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded easier.
Crude palm oil price traded lower, decreased by RM66.00 to RM3,594.50,  with the highest  traded price at RM3,700.00.  RBD palm olein traded lower by US$8.50 to US$1,231.50. Palm oil prices were traded lower due to:                                                                                                                                                   
n Heavy downward pressure on palm oil prices due to weakness in crude oil to around US$131 per barrel and lower CBOT soyabean oil price.
n Concerns over sluggish SGS’s export data during the first 20 days of June down by 11.2% to 754,539 tonnes and rising palm oil stocks also helped dampen sentiment.
Crude palm oil export duty.
n For the current week 23/06/2008 – 29/06/2008, the CPO export duty payable is RM856.74/tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded  easier.
n Crude palm oil price traded lower by US$28.50 to US$1,193.50. CPO discount vis-à-vis SBO narrowed to US$341.50 this week.
n RBD palm olein traded lower by US$25.50 to US$1,276.00 and was at a discount of US$259.00 against SBO.
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
18/06/2008 19/06/2008 20/06/2008 23/06/2008 24/06/2008 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 3,656.50 3613.50 3552.00 3556.00 3556.00 3,594.50 3,660.50 -66.00
PK (Ex-mill) 2,076.50 2083.50 2027.00 2033.50 2002.50 2,055.50 2,088.50 -33.00
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 4,404.00 4361.00 4308.50 4298.50 4296.00 4,331.00 4,439.50 -108.50
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 1,193.50 1198.50 1186.00 1189.00 1177.50 1,194.50 1219.50 -25.00
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 1,237.50 1239.50 1211.50 1223.00 1217.50 1,231.50 1240.00 -8.50
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 978.50 990.00 985.00 964.50 960.00 973.50 970.50 3.00
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 1,300.00 1,282.50 1,277.50 1,265.00 1,255.00 1,276.00 1301.50 -25.50
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 1,265.00 1,247.50 1,240.00 1,237.50 1,227.50 1,243.50 1266.50 -23.00
CPO (Cif Rott) 1,210.00 1,195.00 1,195.00 1,192.00 1,175.00 1,193.40 1222.00 -28.60
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 1,572.92 1,535.46 1,558.11 1,495.26 1,512.42 1,534.83 1574.00 -39.17
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 1,840.00 1,870.00 1,860.00 1,850.00 1,840.00 1,852.00 1964.00 -112.00
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 1,582.22 1,577.29 1,594.06 1,551.10 1,567.00 1,574.33 1606.50 -32.17
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 1,060.00 1,040.00 1,040.00 1,020.00 1,025.00 1,037.00 1073.00 -36.00
Tallow 1,045.00 1,045.00 1,045.00 1,045.00 1,045.00 1,045.00 1045.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 1,375.00 1,340.00 1,335.00 1,340.00 1,295.00 1,337.00 1410.00 -73.00
CNO (Cif Rott) 1,550.00 1,520.00 1,490.00 1,500.00 1,450.00 1,502.00 1626.00 -124.00
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -362.92 -340.46 -363.11 -303.26 -337.42 -341.43 -351.50 10.07
CPO/RSO -372.22 -382.29 -399.06 -359.10 -392.00 -380.93 -384.50 3.57
RBD P.Olein/SBO -272.92 -252.96 -280.61 -230.26 -257.42 -258.83 -369.00 110.17
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -540.00 -587.50 -582.50 -585.00 -585.00 -576.00 -662.50 86.50
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 15.00 -5.00 -5.00 -25.00 -20.00 -8.00 28.00 -36.00
PKO/CNO -175.00 -180.00 -155.00 -160.00 -155.00 -165.00 -216.00 51.00
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO Aug  2008 (RM) 3633.00 3595.00 3545.00 3543.00 3503.00 3563.80 3654.50 -90.70
CBOT SBO Aug  2008 (US$) 1,447.60 1418.12 1,412.62 1,399.42 1,395.68 1414.69 1454.50 -39.81
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA       
FOB Belawan US$ (Offered Price) 1,162.50 1,152.50 1,142.50 1,142.50 1,122.50 1,144.50 1146.50 -2.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 1,177.50 1,167.50 1,157.50 1,157.50 1,137.50 1,159.50 1,161.50 -2.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 3819.81 3808.39 3773.45 3779.82 3716.21 3,779.53 3799.50 -19.97
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)   163.31 194.89 221.45 223.82 160.21 192.73 141.50 51.23
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