Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON   22th - 28th August 2007 4th  Week
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded firm.          
Crude palm oil price traded  firm, up  by RM42.00 to RM2,523.50,  with the  highest traded price at RM2,555.00.  RBD palm olein traded higher by US$15.00 to US$786.50.  Prices were traded higher due to:
n BMD CPO futures prices firmer on buying supported by Indonesia’s announcement that it will raise palm oil export duty in early September.
n Higher CBOT soyabean oil prices inline with strong recovery in commodities and bounce in the US stock markets also helped support sentiment.
n Bullish SGS’s exports for the first 25 days of August, up by 2.7% to 961,807 tonnes.
Crude palm oil export duty.
n  For the current week 27/08/2007 – 02/09/2007, the CPO export duty payable is RM543.07/ tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded  mixed.
n Crude palm oil price traded higher by US$5.50 to US$793.00. CPO discount vis-à-vis SBO widened to US$124.50  this week.
n RBD palm olein traded lower  by US$0.50 to US$802.50 and was at a discount of US$117.00 against SBO.
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
22/08/07 23/08/07 24/08/07 27/08/07 28/08/07 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 2,508.00 2531.00 2531.00 2529.50 2522.00 2,523.50 2,481.50 42.00
PK (Ex-mill) 1,503.00 1506.00 1490.00 1488.00 1503.00 1,502.00 1,499.50 2.50
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 2,965.00 3039.50 3052.00 3012.00 3004.50 3,025.50 2,970.50 55.00
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 772.50 777.00 780.00 765.00 NT 775.50 757.00 18.50
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 791.50 787.50 790.00 780.50 780.00 786.50 771.50 15.00
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 717.50 722.50 721.50 724.50 730.00 725.00 738.00 -13.00
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 840.00 UNQ 792.50 790.00 787.50 802.50 803.00 -0.50
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 835.00 830.00 787.50 785.00 782.50 804.00 798.00 6.00
CPO (Cif Rott) 815.00 815.00 780.00 780.00 775.00 793.00 787.50 5.50
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 908.06 910.35 920.55 917.28 931.27 917.50 903.00 14.50
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 1,080.00 1,080.00 1,077.50 1,095.00 1,110.00 1,088.50 1106.00 -17.50
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 940.54 964.61 976.55 975.98 988.54 969.24 924.00 45.24
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 780.00 785.00 770.00 765.00 765.00 773.00 773.50 -0.50
Tallow 790.00 790.00 790.00 790.00 790.00 790.00 790.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 900.00 910.00 882.50 885.00 885.00 892.50 899.00 -6.50
CNO (Cif Rott) 910.00 905.00 895.00 900.00 892.50 900.50 906.50 -6.00
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -93.06 -95.35 -140.55 -137.28 -156.27 -124.50 -115.50 -9.00
CPO/RSO -125.54 -149.61 -196.55 -195.98 -213.54 -176.24 -129.00 -47.24
RBD P.Olein/SBO -68.06 UNQ -128.05 -127.28 -143.77 -116.79 -100.00 -16.79
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -240.00 UNQ -285.00 -305.00 -322.50 -288.13 -303.00 14.88
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow -10.00 -5.00 -20.00 -25.00 -25.00 -17.00 -16.50 -0.50
PKO/CNO -10.00 5.00 -12.50 -15.00 -7.50 -8.00 -7.50 -0.50
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO October  2007 (RM) 2470.00 2473.00 2470.00 2458.00 2445.00 2463.20 2425.00 38.20
CBOT SBO October  2007 (US$) 780.56 781.00 794.42 800.80 798.60 791.08 778.00 13.08
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA       
FOB Belawan US$ (Offered Price) 770.00 767.50 765.00 762.50 757.50 764.50 755.50 9.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 785.00 782.50 780.00 777.50 772.50 779.50 770.50 9.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 2749.07 2715.28 2723.76 2705.70 2702.59 2,719.28 2700.00 19.28
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)   241.07 184.28 192.76 176.20 180.59 194.98 221.50 -26.52
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