Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON   21th Feb  – 27th Feb  2007 4th Week
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded higher.            
Crude palm oil price traded higher by RM16.00 to RM1,941.00,  with the  highest traded price at RM1,975.00.  RBD palm olein traded higher by US$10.50 to US$588.50.  Prices were traded firmer:
n Supported by stronger European vegetable oil market. 
n CBOT soyabean oil rose sharply on continuous fund buying as crude oil prices continued to increase.
n Supported by higher SGS first 25 days exports data, up 0.4% to 737,015 tonnes. 
Crude palm oil export duty.
n  For the current week 26/02/2007 –04/03/2007, the CPO export duty payable is RM342.32/ tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded higher.
n Crude palm oil price traded higher by US$3.50 to US$612.50. CPO price discount vis-à-vis SBO widened to US$121.50 this week.
n RBD palm olein traded higher by US$4.00 to US$635.50 and was at a price discount of US$98.50 against SBO.    
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
21/02/07 22/02/07 23/02/07 26/02/07 27/02/07 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 1,921.50 1934.00 1939.50 1952.50 1956.00 1,941.00 1,925.00 16.00
PK (Ex-mill) NT 1103.50 1100.50 1104.50 1110.00 1,104.00 1,092.50 11.50
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 2,232.00 2212.00 2228.00 2237.50 2232.00 2,226.00 2,185.00 41.00
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 574.00 582.50 582.50 586.50 NT 580.00 567.00 13.00
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 583.00 590.00 590.00 588.50 NT 588.50 578.00 10.50
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 532.50 539.00 544.50 539.00 NT 539.50 525.00 14.50
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 630.00 635.00 635.00 642.50 635.00 635.50 631.50 4.00
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 625.00 630.00 630.00 637.50 630.00 630.50 624.00 6.50
CPO (Cif Rott) 605.00 610.00 612.50 622.50 612.50 612.50 609.00 3.50
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 718.05 731.17 735.76 744.86 740.68 734.10 721.50 12.60
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 710.00 710.00 730.00 720.00 720.00 718.00 709.50 8.50
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 765.30 782.37 787.09 794.86 795.00 784.92 778.00 6.92
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 585.00 592.50 592.50 600.00 600.00 594.00 586.50 7.50
Tallow 570.00 570.00 570.00 570.00 570.00 570.00 570.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 685.00 690.00 700.00 705.00 695.00 695.00 687.50 7.50
CNO (Cif Rott) 762.50 765.00 765.00 775.00 770.00 767.50 765.00 2.50
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -113.05 -121.17 -123.26 -122.36 -128.18 -121.60 -112.50 -9.10
CPO/RSO -160.30 -172.37 -174.59 -172.36 -182.50 -172.42 -169.00 -3.42
RBD P.Olein/SBO -88.05 -96.17 -100.76 -102.36 -105.68 -98.60 -90.00 -8.60
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -80.00 -75.00 -95.00 -77.50 -85.00 -82.50 -78.00 -4.50
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 15.00 22.50 22.50 30.00 30.00 24.00 16.50 7.50
PKO/CNO -77.50 -75.00 -65.00 -70.00 -75.00 -72.50 -77.50 5.00
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO May 2007 (RM) 1920.00 1927.00 1951.00 1975.00 1951.00 1944.80 1925.50 19.30
CBOT SBO May  2007 (US$) 675.84 678.92 681.12 687.72 675.18 679.76 666.00 13.76
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA       
FOB Belawan US$ (Offered Price) 545.00 547.50 550.00 552.50 552.50 549.50 544.00 5.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 556.00 558.50 561.00 563.50 563.50 560.50 555.00 5.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 1942.72 1951.45 1960.19 1966.84 1966.84 1,957.61 1940.00 17.61
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)   21.22 17.45 20.69 14.34 10.84 16.91 15.00 1.91
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