Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON   19th - 25th Mar  2008 4th  Week
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded easier.
Crude palm oil price traded lower, decreased  by  RM221.00  to RM3,403.00,  with the highest  traded price at RM3,550.00.  RBD palm olein traded lower  by US$78.50 to US$1,228.00. Prices were traded easier due to:                                                                               
n Heavy  long-liquidation by funds and speculative players both at CBOT soyabean and BMD CPO futures pressured market sentiments.
n Rumours of China and India would default on large quantities of earlier purchased record-high US soyabean and Malaysia / Indonesia palm oils prompted the aggressive sell-off.
Crude palm oil export duty.
n  For the current week 24/03/2008 –  30/03/2008, the CPO export duty payable is RM853.49/tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded  easier.
n Crude palm oil price traded lower by US$62.00 to US$1,167.50. CPO discount vis-à-vis SBO narrowed to US$245.00  this week.
n RBD palm olein traded lower  by US$54.00  at US$1,285.00  and  was  at a discount of US$127.50 against SBO.
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
19/03/2008 20/03/2008 21/03/2008 24/03/2008 25/03/2008 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 3,337.00 PH 3347.00 3484.00 3470.50 3,403.00 3,624.00 -221.00
PK (Ex-mill) 1,888.50 PH 1880.00 1909.00 1944.00 1,907.00 2,027.00 -120.00
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 3,889.00 PH 3858.00 3972.00 3975.00 3,896.50 4,165.50 -269.00
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 1,180.00 PH 1160.00 NT NT 1,170.00 1266.50 -96.50
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 1,220.00 PH 1247.50 1288.00 1300.00 1,228.00 1306.50 -78.50
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 1,049.00 PH NT NT NT 1,049.00 1133.50 -84.50
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 1,260.00 PH PH PH 1,310.00 1,285.00 1339.00 -54.00
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 1,235.00 PH PH PH 1,290.00 1,262.50 1323.00 -60.50
CPO (Cif Rott) 1,155.00 PH PH PH 1,180.00 1,167.50 1229.50 -62.00
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 1,393.12 PH PH PH 1,432.26 1,412.69 1478.50 -65.81
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 1,840.00 PH PH PH 1,870.00 1,855.00 1853.00 2.00
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 1,487.04 PH PH PH UNQ 1,487.04 1551.50 -64.47
      PH PH PH        
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 1,095.00 PH PH PH 1,105.00 1,100.00 1159.00 -59.00
Tallow 935.00 PH PH PH 935.00 935.00 935.00 0.00
      PH PH PH        
PKO (Cif Rott) UNQ PH PH PH 1,405.00 1,405.00 1433.00 -28.00
CNO (Cif Rott) 1,395.00 PH PH PH 1,415.00 1,405.00 1452.50 -47.50
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -238.12 UNQ UNQ UNQ -252.26 -245.19 -249.00 3.81
CPO/RSO -332.04 UNQ UNQ UNQ UNQ -332.04 -316.00 -16.03
RBD P.Olein/SBO -133.12 UNQ UNQ UNQ -122.26 -127.69 -139.50 11.81
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -580.00 UNQ UNQ UNQ -560.00 -570.00 -514.00 -56.00
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 160.00 UNQ UNQ UNQ 170.00 165.00 224.00 -59.00
PKO/CNO UNQ UNQ UNQ UNQ -10.00 -10.00 -19.50 9.50
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO May  2008 (RM) 3345.00 PH 3349.00 3230.00 3500.00 3356.00 3609.00 -253.00
CBOT SBO May  2008 (US$) 1,240.80 PH PH PH 1,270.94 1255.87 1330.00 -74.13
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA       
FOB Belawan US$ (Offered Price) 1,217.50 UNQ 1,212.50 1,207.50 1,212.50 1,212.50 1214.50 -2.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 1,232.50 UNQ 1,227.50 1,222.50 1,227.50 1,227.50 1,229.50 -2.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 3905.18 UNQ 3922.48 3913.22 3929.23 3,917.53 3908.00 9.53
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)   568.18 UNQ 575.48 429.22 458.73 507.90 245.50 262.40
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