Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON   17th - 23th Oct  2007 4th  Week
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded firmer.
Crude palm oil price traded  higher, up  by RM77.50 to RM2,782.50,  with the  highest traded price at RM2,892.50.  RBD palm olein traded higher by US$26.50 to US$884.50.  Prices were traded firmer due to: 
n Firmer BMD CPO futures price.
n Bullish sentiments spurred by rising crude palm oil prices with record high above the US$90 per barrel.
n Higher rally in CBOT soyabean complex.  Prices surged on a weaker US dollar and USDA data sentiments that pointed to tight soyabean supplies in the coming months due to a smaller crop.  USDA revised the 2007 soyabean production lower to 2.598 billion bushels, down 21 million bushels from its earlier projection.
n Higher SGS’s exports for the first 20 days of October, higher by 0.8% to 871,068 tonnes against 864,299 tonnes during the same period last month.
Crude palm oil export duty.
n  For the current week 22/10/2007 – 28/10/2007, the CPO export duty payable is RM618.93/ tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded  firm.
n Crude palm oil price traded higher by US$11.50 to US$882.00. CPO discount vis-à-vis SBO widened to US$135.50  this week.
n RBD palm olein traded higher by US$13.50  at US$920.00  and  was  at  a discount of US$98.00 against SBO.
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
17/10/2007 18/10/2007 19/10/2007 22/10/2007 23/10/2007 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 2,825.00 2829.50 2869.00 2831.50 2847.00 2,842.50 2,765.00 77.50
PK (Ex-mill) 1,681.00 1670.00 1703.50 1684.50 1690.00 1,688.50 1,672.00 16.50
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 3,263.00 3258.00 3290.50 3282.00 3274.00 3,272.00 3,226.00 46.00
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 864.50 NT 887.50 870.00 878.00 879.50 850.00 29.50
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 874.50 877.00 889.00 882.50 888.00 884.50 858.00 26.50
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 840.00 NT 853.00 NT NT 851.50 787.50 64.00
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 915.00 930.00 925.00 915.00 915.00 920.00 906.50 13.50
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 907.50 922.50 917.50 907.50 907.50 912.50 903.00 9.50
CPO (Cif Rott) 875.00 887.50 885.00 880.00 882.50 882.00 870.50 11.50
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 1,013.74 UNQ 1,023.87 UNQ 1,011.68 1,016.43 1000.00 16.43
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 1,440.00 1,440.00 1,410.00 1,400.00 1,360.00 1,410.00 1461.00 -51.00
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 1,199.73 1,199.77 1,159.34 1,144.69 1,151.32 1,170.97 1184.50 -13.53
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 880.00 892.50 895.00 880.00 882.50 886.00 858.50 27.50
Tallow 754.00 754.00 754.00 754.00 754.00 754.00 754.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 1,010.00 1,020.00 1,020.00 1,015.00 1,015.00 1,016.00 991.00 25.00
CNO (Cif Rott) 1,015.00 1,030.00 1,040.00 1,030.00 1,025.00 1,028.00 997.50 30.50
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -138.74 UNQ -138.87 UNQ -129.18 -135.59 -129.50 -6.09
CPO/RSO -324.73 -312.27 -274.34 -264.69 -268.82 -288.97 -314.00 25.03
RBD P.Olein/SBO -98.74 UNQ -98.87 UNQ -96.68 -98.09 -93.50 -4.59
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -525.00 -510.00 -485.00 -485.00 -445.00 -490.00 -550.50 60.50
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 126.00 138.50 141.00 126.00 128.50 132.00 104.50 27.50
PKO/CNO -5.00 -10.00 -20.00 -15.00 -10.00 -12.00 -6.50 -5.50
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO December  2007 (RM) 2740.00 2770.00 2809.00 2760.00 2745.00 2764.80 2718.00 46.80
CBOT SBO December  2007 (US$) 883.30 901.78 892.32 884.84 889.24 890.30 876.50 13.80
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA       
FOB Belawan US$ (Offered Price) 837.50 842.50 842.50 852.50 842.50 843.50 823.50 20.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 852.50 857.50 857.50 867.50 857.50 858.50 838.50 20.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 2888.27 2893.21 2884.63 2931.72 2898.35 2,899.23 2836.50 62.73
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)   63.27 63.70 15.63 100.22 51.35 58.83 54.00 4.83
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