Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON   23th  – 29th May  2007 4th  Week
Prices in the domestic and export markets remain firm.            
Crude palm oil price traded higher, up by RM77.00 to RM2,587.00,  with the  highest traded price at RM2,702.50.  RBD palm olein traded higher by US$36.00 to US$799.50.  Prices were traded higher :
n Strong support by firmer BMD CPO futures following reports of tight supply situation and good exports performance.
n Higher SGS export data for the first 25 days of May, up by 5% to 952,648 tonnes from the same period of last month.  
n Fresh buying from major Muslim countries mainly Pakistan for July and August shipment to meet high consumption during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.     In addition, news of strong demand by India and China P.R. supported the bullish market.     
n News by Secretary to the Pakistan Ministry of Food and Agriculture,  its Government is considering a cut  ranging 10% to 20% in import duty on Malaysian palm oil gradually over a period of next three years.  The sentiments added to the bullish and tight market situation.
Crude palm oil export duty.
n  .For the current week 28/05/2007 – 03/06/2007, the CPO export duty payable is RM531.58/ tonne
Palm oil prices in Europe traded higher.
n Crude palm oil price traded higher  by US$32.00 to US$797.00. CPO price discount vis-à-vis SBO narrowed to US$7.00 this week.
n RBD palm olein traded higher by US$19.00 to US$833.50 and was at a price premium of US$30.00 against SBO.
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
23/05/07 24/05/07 25/05/07 28/05/07 29/05/07 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 2,527.00 2557.00 2603.50 2646.00 2695.50 2,587.00 2,510.00 77.00
PK (Ex-mill) 1,365.00 1392.50 1409.50 1437.00 1461.00 1,402.50 1,334.00 68.50
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 2,745.00 2788.50 2872.50 2954.00 2976.00 2,857.00 2,703.00 154.00
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 775.00 785.00 795.50 795.50 790.00 792.50 756.00 36.50
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 786.50 784.50 804.00 808.50 792.50 799.50 763.50 36.00
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 762.00 750.00 782.00 770.00 760.00 769.00 732.00 37.00
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 832.50 842.50 827.50 PH 832.50 833.75 814.50 19.25
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 827.50 837.50 822.50 PH 827.50 828.75 809.50 19.25
CPO (Cif Rott) 767.50 792.50 810.00 PH 817.50 796.88 765.00 31.88
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 794.09 796.81 811.04 PH 812.48 803.61 790.50 13.11
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 832.50 860.00 885.00 PH 872.50 862.50 837.50 25.00
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 829.14 833.09 858.11 PH 867.73 847.02 825.50 21.52
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 805.00 815.00 830.00 PH UNQ 816.67 789.50 27.17
Tallow 560.00 560.00 560.00 560.00 560.00 560.00 560.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 880.00 895.00 925.00 PH 945.00 911.25 868.50 42.75
CNO (Cif Rott) 900.00 930.00 952.50 PH 965.00 936.88 900.00 36.88
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -26.59 -4.31 -1.03 UNQ 5.02 -6.73 -25.50 18.77
CPO/RSO -61.64 -40.59 -48.11 UNQ -50.23 -50.14 -60.50 10.36
RBD P.Olein/SBO 38.41 45.69 16.47 UNQ 20.02 30.14 23.73 6.41
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil 0.00 -17.50 -57.50 UNQ -40.00 -28.75 -23.00 -5.75
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 245.00 255.00 270.00 UNQ UNQ 256.67 229.50 27.17
PKO/CNO -20.00 -35.00 -27.50 UNQ -20.00 -25.63 -31.00 5.38
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO July  2007 (RM) 2441.00 2497.00 2563.00 2615.00 2615.00 2546.20 2411.00 135.20
CBOT SBO July  2007 (US$) 767.58 782.76 788.48 PH 773.96 778.20 770.00 8.19
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA       
FOB Belawan US$ (Offered Price) 737.50 747.50 762.50 782.50 792.50 764.50 735.50 29.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 748.50 758.50 773.50 793.50 803.50 775.50 746.50 29.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 2537.42 2569.04 2623.71 2689.57 2723.46 2,628.64 2537.00 91.64
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)   10.42 12.04 20.21 43.57 27.96 22.84 26.00 -3.16
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