Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON  20th Dec  – 26th Dec  2006 4th Week
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded higher.            
Crude palm oil price traded higher by RM57.00 to RM1,919.00,  with the  highest traded price at RM1,985.00.  RBD palm olein traded higher by US$4.50 to US$563.50.  Prices were traded firmer due to:
n Persistent fears of supply disruption after torrential rains in palm oil producing areas of Southern Peninsula Malaysia. The floods have cut off main roads in the southern state of Johor, which is also a major palm oil producing region.
n Supported by BMD CPO futures market, up 5% to RM1995.00 their highest level since January 1999 boosted by fears that floods would further cut supplies. 
n Palm oil prices was supported by strong buying in the physical market for prompt shipments.
n Firmer CBOT soyabean oil futures price performance.
n Nevertheless, decline in palm oil exports for the first 25 days of December by 18% to 903,550 tonnes had no impact on the market as it had been expected.
Crude palm oil export duty.
n For the current week 25/12/2006 –31/12/2006, the CPO export duty payable is RM328.11/ tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded higher.
n Crude palm oil price traded higher by US$9.50 to US$589.00. CPO price discount vis-à-vis SBO narrowed to US$120.50 this week.
n RBD palm olein traded higher by US$11.50 to US$615.00 and was at a price discount of US$95.00 against SBO.    
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
20/12/06 21/12/06 22/12/06 25/12/06 26/12/06 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 1,850.50 1867.50 1885.00 PH 1968.00 1,919.00 1,862.00 57.00
PK (Ex-mill) 1,070.00 1086.00 1068.00 PH 1100.00 1,076.50 1,052.50 24.00
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 2,145.00 2150.00 2172.00 PH 2215.50 2,167.50 2,169.50 -2.00
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 540.00 NT 544.00 PH NT 542.00 546.50 -4.50
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 554.00 560.00 566.00 PH 574.00 563.50 559.00 4.50
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 482.50 484.50 488.50 PH 500.00 485.50 484.50 1.00
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 610.00 615.00 620.00 PH UNQ 615.00 603.50 11.50
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 597.50 602.50 607.50 PH UNQ 602.50 595.50 7.00
CPO (Cif Rott) 585.00 592.50 590.00 PH UNQ 589.17 579.50 9.67
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 709.19 711.72 708.43 PH UNQ 709.78 708.00 1.78
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 725.00 722.50 722.50 PH UNQ 723.33 732.00 -8.67
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 850.24 850.11 846.18 PH UNQ 848.84 853.00 -4.16
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 542.50 545.00 545.00 PH UNQ 544.17 538.00 6.17
Tallow 535.00 535.00 535.00 PH UNQ 535.00 535.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 655.00 645.00 645.00 PH UNQ 648.33 659.00 -10.67
CNO (Cif Rott) 740.00 740.00 740.00 PH UNQ 740.00 753.00 -13.00
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -124.19 -119.22 -118.43 UNQ UNQ -120.61 -128.50 7.89
CPO/RSO -265.24 -257.61 -256.18 UNQ UNQ -259.67 -273.50 13.83
RBD P.Olein/SBO -99.19 -96.72 -88.43 UNQ UNQ -94.78 -104.50 9.72
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -115.00 -107.50 -102.50 UNQ UNQ -108.33 -128.50 20.17
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 7.50 10.00 10.00 UNQ UNQ 9.17 3.00 6.17
PKO/CNO -85.00 -95.00 -95.00 UNQ UNQ -91.67 -94.00 2.33
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO Mar 2007 (RM) 1868.00 1882.00 1901.00 PH 1995.00 1911.50 1865.50 46.00
CBOT SBO Mar  2007 (US$) 628.98 619.30 634.48 PH UNQ 627.59 629.00 -1.41
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA      
FOB Belawan US$ (Offered Price) 517.50 525.00 530.00 PH 555.00 531.88 522.50 9.38
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 528.50 536.00 541.00 UNQ 566.00 542.88 533.50 9.38
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 1878.13 1900.01 1910.33 UNQ 2001.43 1,922.48 1892.50 29.98
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)  27.63 32.51 25.33 UNQ 33.43 29.73 25.00 4.73
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