Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON   19th -  25th Nov 2008 4th Week
Prices in the domestic and export markets  lower.
Crude palm oil price traded lower by RM7.00 to RM1,441.50,  with the highest  traded price at RM1,510.00.  RBD palm olein lower  by  US$7.00 to US$488.00.  CPO   prices   was traded lower mainly due to:
n Pressured by crude mineral oil traded below the psychological US$50 level and fell to a low of US$48.25 (NYMEX) a barrel before settling last Friday at US$49.99.
n Lower BMD CPO and CBOT soyabean oil futures, slumped on concerns over the state of the US economy.
n Market concerns over current build-up palm oil stock level in Malaysia/Indonesia.
Crude palm oil export duty.
n For the current week 24/11/2008 – 30/11/2008, the CPO export duty payable is RM189.78/tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded  firm.
n Crude palm oil price traded higher by US$24.50 to US$479.50. CPO discount vis-à-vis SBO narrowed to US$320.50 this week.
n RBD palm olein traded higher by US$2.50 to US$539.00 and was at a discount of US$261.00 against SBO.
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
19/11/2008 20/11/2008 21/11/2008 24/11/2008 25/11/2008 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)              
CPO (Lcl Deld) 1,442.50 1425.00 1415.00 1464.00 1485.50 1,441.50 1,448.50 -7.00
PK (Ex-mill) 537.00 546.50 533.00 587.50 594.00 549.50 526.00 23.50
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 1,414.00 1458.00 1501.50 1469.00 1537.50 1,455.50 1,315.00 140.50
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)                
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 464.50 460.50 NT 460.00 482.50 460.00 453.00 7.00
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 470.50 499.00 493.50 496.50 507.00 488.00 495.00 -7.00
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 315.50 322.50 322.50 330.00 335.00 318.50 334.50 -16.00
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)              
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 545.00 535.00 505.00 550.00 560.00 539.00 536.50 2.50
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 515.00 505.00 535.00 520.00 530.00 521.00 508.00 13.00
CPO (Cif Rott) 480.00 472.50 470.00 485.00 490.00 479.50 455.00 24.50
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 807.19 790.97 776.08 816.55 808.04 799.77 825.00 -25.23
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 825.00 805.00 800.00 795.00 807.50 806.50 842.00 -35.50
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 949.26 917.98 923.01 954.14 961.33 941.14 974.50 -33.36
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 370.00 360.00 365.00 380.00 395.00 374.00 380.00 -6.00
Tallow 510.00 510.00 510.00 510.00 510.00 510.00 510.00 0.00
PKO (Cif Rott) 495.00 485.00 485.00 495.00 490.00 490.00 481.00 9.00
PKO (Cif Rott)                
CNO (Cif Rott) 715.00 710.00 705.00 720.00 710.00 712.00 684.00 28.00
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)      
CPO/SBO -327.19 -318.47 -306.08 -331.55 -318.04 -320.27 -370.00 49.73
CPO/RSO -469.26 -445.48 -453.01 -469.14 -471.33 -461.64 -519.50 57.86
RBD P.Olein/SBO -262.19 -255.97 -271.08 -266.55 -248.04 -260.77 -288.00 27.23
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -280.00 -270.00 -295.00 -245.00 -247.50 -267.50 -305.50 38.00
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow -140.00 -150.00 -145.00 -130.00 -115.00 -136.00 -130.00 -6.00
PKO/CNO -220.00 -225.00 -220.00 -225.00 -220.00 -222.00 -203.00 -19.00
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)                
BMD CPO Jan 2009 (RM) 1480.00 1470.00 1462.00 1486.00 1518.00 1483.20 1467.00 16.20
CBOT SBO Jan  2009 (US$) 711.70 684.20 683.32 728.42 718.08 705.14 723.50 -18.36
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA             
FOB Belawan US$ (Offered Price) 397.50 397.50 392.50 400.00 415.00 400.50 393.50 7.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 412.50 412.50 407.50 415.00 430.00 415.50 408.50 7.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 1489.54 1495.73 1479.23 1507.28 1557.46 1,505.85 1469.50 36.35
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)   47.04 70.72 64.22 43.28 71.96 59.45 26.00 33.45
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