Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON   20th  -   26th Feb  2008 4th  Week
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded firm.
Crude palm oil price traded firm, increased  by  RM198.50 to RM3,679.00,  with the highest  traded price at RM3,905.00. RBD palm olein traded higher by US$86.50 to US$1,228.50. Prices were traded firmer due to:                                                                               
n Supported by BMD’s heavy short-covering and speculative buying pushed prices to reach new historic highs for May contract at RM3,720.00 on Friday.
n Strong gains in CBOT soyabean oil futures prices influenced by record crude palm oil prices and expectation that China would step up imports of edible oil following damages to its rapeseed crop after its worst winter in 50 years.
n Higher SGS’s palm oil export performance for the first 25 days of February, up by 10.6% to 903,375 tonnes compared to a month earlier.
Crude palm oil export duty.
n   For the current week 25/02/2008 – 02/03/2008, the CPO export duty payable is RM833.28/tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded  firm.
n Crude palm oil price traded higher by US$99.00 to US$1216.00. CPO discount vis-à-vis SBO narrowed to US$258.00  this week.
n RBD palm olein traded higher  by US$88.00  at US$1299.00  and  was  at a discount of US$175.00 against SBO.
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
20/02/2008 21/02/2008 22/02/2008 25/02/2008 26/02/2008 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 3,620.50 3677.00 3680.50 3829.50 3789.00 3,679.00 3,480.50 198.50
PK (Ex-mill) 2,091.00 2093.50 2090.00 2142.00 2100.00 2,097.50 2,051.50 46.00
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 4,250.00 4277.50 4273.50 4381.50 4352.50 4,271.50 4,151.00 120.50
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 1,201.00 1227.50 1219.00 1264.00 1260.00 1,228.00 1134.00 94.00
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 1,215.50 1234.00 1231.00 1276.50 1270.00 1,228.50 1142.00 86.50
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 1,058.50 1120.00 1095.00 1140.00 1130.00 1,076.00 1047.00 29.00
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 1,255.00 1,287.50 1,287.50 1,335.00 1,330.00 1,299.00 1211.00 88.00
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 1,250.00 1,280.00 1,280.00 1,325.00 1,320.00 1,291.00 1201.00 90.00
CPO (Cif Rott) 1,170.00 1,200.00 1,225.00 1,250.00 1,235.00 1,216.00 1117.00 99.00
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 1,414.88 1,460.27 1,459.97 1,511.23 1,523.19 1,473.91 1387.00 86.91
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 1,790.00 1,790.00 1,825.00 1,850.00 1,850.00 1,821.00 1826.00 -5.00
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 1,451.54 1,488.41 1,489.61 1,511.23 1,527.66 1,493.69 1398.50 95.19
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 1,145.00 1,160.00 1,165.00 1,240.00 1,225.00 1,187.00 1111.00 76.00
Tallow 890.00 890.00 890.00 890.00 890.00 890.00 890.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 1,395.00 1,415.00 1,420.00 1,460.00 1,455.00 1,429.00 1365.00 64.00
CNO (Cif Rott) 1,400.00 1,415.00 1,415.00 1,460.00 1,455.00 1,429.00 1361.00 68.00
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -244.88 -260.27 -234.97 -261.23 -288.19 -257.91 -270.00 12.09
CPO/RSO -281.54 -288.41 -264.61 -261.23 -292.66 -277.69 -281.50 3.81
RBD P.Olein/SBO -159.88 -172.77 -172.47 -176.23 -193.19 -174.91 -176.00 1.09
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -535.00 -502.50 -537.50 -515.00 -520.00 -522.00 -615.00 93.00
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 255.00 270.00 275.00 350.00 335.00 297.00 221.00 76.00
PKO/CNO -5.00 0.00 5.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.00 -4.00
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO May  2008 (RM) 3624.00 3702.00 3698.00 3866.00 3792.00 3758.33 3528.00 230.33
CBOT SBO May  2008 (US$) 1,366.42 1366.64 1,386.44 1,415.26 1,436.60 1394.27 1298.00 96.27
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA       
FOB Belawan US$ (Offered Price) 1,130.00 1,150.00 1,155.00 1,155.00 1,155.00 1,149.00 1091.50 57.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 1,145.00 1,165.00 1,170.00 1,170.00 1,170.00 1,164.00 1,106.50 57.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 3689.19 3753.05 3762.84 3764.48 3760.38 3,745.99 2574.00 1171.99
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)   68.69 76.05 82.34 -65.03 -28.62 26.69 87.50 -60.81
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