Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON   21th Mar – 27th Mar  2007 4th Week
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded higher.            
Crude palm oil price traded firmer, up by RM29.50 to RM1,988.00,  with the  highest traded price at RM2,025.00.  RBD palm olein traded higher by US$8.00 to US$596.50.  Prices were traded higher due to:
n Firmer BMD CPO futures, prices were traded above psychological RM2,000/tonne resistance level.
n Higher CBOT soyabean oil futures mainly supported by stronger corn prices. 
n Strong buying sentiments from refineries in the physical market.
Crude palm oil export duty.
n  For the current week 26/03/2007 –01/04/2007, the CPO export duty payable is RM350.29/ tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded higher.
n Crude palm oil price traded higher by US$16.50 to US$629.50. CPO price discount vis-à-vis SBO narrowed to US$100.00 this week.
n RBD palm olein traded higher by US$16.00 to US$651.50 and was at a price discount of US$78.00 against SBO.    
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
21/03/07 22/03/07 23/03/07 26/03/07 27/03/07 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 1,977.00 1964.00 1995.50 2005.00 1993.50 1,988.00 1,958.50 29.50
PK (Ex-mill) 1,124.00 1119.50 1136.00 1147.50 1136.50 1,131.00 1,105.50 25.50
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 2,254.00 2258.50 2299.50 2305.50 2305.00 2,261.50 2,215.50 46.00
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 585.00 590.00 597.50 607.00 NT 595.50 579.00 16.50
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 590.50 596.00 600.00 615.00 615.00 596.50 588.50 8.00
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) NT 560.00 567.50 569.00 NT 567.00 543.50 23.50
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 645.00 645.00 657.50 652.50 657.50 651.50 635.50 16.00
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 637.50 640.00 652.50 645.00 652.50 645.50 631.50 14.00
CPO (Cif Rott) 622.50 622.50 637.50 630.00 635.00 629.50 613.00 16.50
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 726.29 725.72 727.46 733.43 733.13 729.21 724.00 5.21
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 710.00 710.00 710.00 712.50 707.50 710.00 724.00 -14.00
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 758.21 759.01 751.39 752.09 754.50 755.04 767.00 -11.96
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 620.00 620.00 625.00 630.00 632.50 625.50 609.00 16.50
Tallow 555.00 555.00 555.00 555.00 555.00 555.00 555.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 705.00 705.00 745.00 712.50 725.00 718.50 700.00 18.50
CNO (Cif Rott) 772.50 772.50 785.00 780.00 775.00 777.00 767.00 10.00
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -103.79 -103.22 -89.96 -103.43 -98.13 -99.71 -111.00 11.29
CPO/RSO -135.71 -136.51 -113.89 -122.09 -119.50 -125.54 -154.00 28.46
RBD P.Olein/SBO -81.29 -80.72 -69.96 -80.93 -75.63 -77.71 -89.00 11.29
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -65.00 -65.00 -52.50 -60.00 -50.00 -58.50 -89.00 30.50
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 65.00 65.00 70.00 75.00 77.50 70.50 54.00 16.50
PKO/CNO -67.50 -67.50 -40.00 -67.50 -50.00 -58.50 -67.00 8.50
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO June 2007 (RM) 1975.00 1971.00 2010.00 1995.00 2003.00 1990.80 1959.00 31.80
CBOT SBO July  2007 (US$) 694.32 698.28 711.92 707.96 709.50 704.40 684.00 20.40
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA       
FOB Belawan US$ (Offered Price) 562.50 565.00 577.50 580.00 577.50 572.50 555.50 17.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 573.50 576.00 588.50 591.00 588.50 583.50 566.50 17.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 1996.18 1994.46 2040.56 2061.11 2052.69 2,029.00 1986.50 42.50
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)   19.18 30.46 45.06 56.11 59.19 42.00 29.00 13.00
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