Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON  22th Mar  – 28th Mar  2006 4th Week  
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded lower.
Crude palm oil price traded lower by RM9.00 to RM1,404.50  with  the  highest traded price at RM1,425.00.  RBD palm olein traded unchanged at US$401.00.  Prices were lower due to:
>> Market remained under pressure as traders are awaiting signs of a pick-up in demand as speculations that production this month will be higher than that of last month.
>> SGS export data for the first 25 days of March was weaker than expected, up slightly by 1.2% to 853,838 tonnes    
>> Sluggish CBOT soyabean oil futures prices helped to dampen local palm oil sentiment.    
       
Crude palm oil export duty.
>> For the current week 27/03/2006 –02/04/2006, the CPO export duty payable is RM191.69/ tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded firmer.
>> Crude palm oil price traded lower by US$3.00 to US$441.00. CPO discount vis-à-vis SBO narrowed to US$102.00 this week.
>> RBD palm olein traded higher by US$2.00 to US$459.50 and was at a discount of US$83.50 against SBO.
       
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
22/03/06 23/03/06 24/03/06 27/03/06 28/03/06 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 1,405.50 1397.00 1410.00 1408.50 1402.50 1,404.50 1,413.50 -9.00
PK (Ex-mill) 917.00 908.50 906.50 899.50 898.00 907.50 921.00 -13.50
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 1,967.50 1914.50 1909.50 1897.50 1876.50 1,905.50 1,954.00 -48.50
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) NT 394.50 397.50 400.50 NT 398.00 394.50 3.50
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 399.50 399.50 405.50 NT NT 401.00 401.00 0.00
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 386.50 385.00 382.00 NT NT 385.50 387.00 -1.50
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 460.00 460.00 457.50 460.00 460.00 459.50 457.50 2.00
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 450.00 450.00 452.50 450.00 450.00 450.50 450.00 0.50
CPO (Cif Rott) 442.50 442.50 445.00 442.50 432.50 441.00 444.00 -3.00
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 543.78 533.20 553.61 540.63 543.60 542.96 550.50 -7.54
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 615.00 615.00 615.00 615.00 UNQ 615.00 614.50 0.50
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 743.17 730.90 734.14 732.85 739.30 736.07 746.00 -9.93
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 442.50 440.00 440.00 440.00 442.50 441.00 443.50 -2.50
Tallow 415.00 415.00 415.00 415.00 415.00 415.00 415.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 582.50 580.00 575.00 575.00 570.00 576.50 589.00 -12.50
CNO (Cif Rott) 565.00 565.00 567.50 570.00 565.00 566.50 580.50 -14.00
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -101.28 -90.70 -108.61 -98.13 -111.10 -101.96 -106.50 4.54
CPO/RSO -300.67 -288.40 -289.14 -290.35 -306.80 -295.07 -302.00 6.93
RBD P.Olein/SBO -83.78 -73.20 -96.11 -80.63 -83.60 -83.46 -93.00 9.54
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -155.00 -155.00 -157.50 -155.00 UNQ -155.63 -157.00 1.38
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 27.50 25.00 25.00 25.00 27.50 26.00 8.50 17.50
PKO/CNO 17.50 15.00 7.50 5.00 5.00 10.00 8.50 1.50
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO Jun 2006 (RM) 1449.00 1451.00 1452.00 1452.00 1448.00 1450.40 1449.00 1.40
CBOT SBO Jul  2006 (US$) 512.38 515.46 508.64 507.98 513.70 511.63 519.00 -7.37
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA      
FOB Indonesia (US$) 375.00 375.00 375.00 377.50 375.00 375.50 377.50 -2.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 386.00 386.00 386.00 388.50 386.00 386.50 388.50 -2.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 1424.34 1423.57 1426.27 1433.95 1425.88 1,426.80 1441.50 -14.70
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)  18.84 26.57 16.27 25.45 23.38 22.10 28.50 -6.40
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