Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON  23th Aug  – 29th Aug  2006 5th Week  
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded firmer.
Crude palm oil price traded lower by RM43.00 to RM1,588.50,  with  the  highest traded price at RM1,600.00.  RBD palm olein traded lower by US$11.50 to US$472.50.  Prices traded slightly bearish due to:
>> Pressure exerted by lower CBOT soyabean oil and BMD CPO futures prices last week.
>> Nevertheless, market was still supported by positive fundamentals arising from continued demand interest for bio-diesel and higher edible oil imports by major traditional importing countries. 
       
>> Higher SGS export data for the first 25 days, up by 17% to 1,113,624 tonnes.      
Crude palm oil export duty.
>> For the current week 28/08/2006 –03/09/2006, the CPO export duty payable is RM247.92/ tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded firmer.
>> Crude palm oil price traded lower by US$3.50 to US$512.50. CPO discount vis-à-vis SBO widened to US$119.00 this week.
>> RBD palm olein traded lower by US$5.00 to US$521.00 and was at a discount of US$110.50 against SBO.      
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
23/08/06 24/08/06 25/08/06 28/08/06 29/08/06 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 1,578.50 1579.50 1573.00 1567.50 1540.50 1,574.00 1,588.50 -14.50
PK (Ex-mill) 831.50 830.50 829.00 816.50 825.00 827.50 846.50 -19.00
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 1,819.00 1838.50 1828.50 1808.50 1796.50 1,820.00 1,826.50 -6.50
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 465.00 NT 467.50 457.50 455.00 463.00 463.50 -0.50
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 474.00 471.00 470.50 460.50 460.50 469.50 472.50 -3.00
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 423.00 421.00 423.50 417.50 415.00 420.00 425.00 -5.00
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 527.50 527.50 525.00 517.50 507.50 521.00 526.00 -5.00
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 517.50 515.00 510.00 505.00 502.50 510.00 513.50 -3.50
CPO (Cif Rott) 520.00 512.50 515.00 507.50 507.50 512.50 516.00 -3.50
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 633.25 628.14 632.02 632.81 631.92 631.63 631.00 0.63
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 675.00 680.00 682.50 680.00 687.50 681.00 674.00 7.00
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 805.96 791.55 800.55 799.00 795.32 798.48 811.50 -13.02
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 485.00 482.50 482.50 480.00 472.50 480.50 479.00 1.50
Tallow 465.00 465.00 465.00 465.00 465.00 465.00 465.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 575.00 575.00 570.00 570.00 565.00 571.00 580.50 -9.50
CNO (Cif Rott) 615.00 615.00 612.50 610.00 615.00 613.50 614.50 -1.00
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -113.25 -115.64 -117.02 -125.31 -124.42 -119.13 -115.00 -4.13
CPO/RSO -285.96 -279.05 -285.55 -291.50 -287.82 -285.98 -295.50 9.52
RBD P.Olein/SBO -105.75 -100.64 -107.02 -115.31 -124.42 -110.63 -105.00 -5.63
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -147.50 -152.50 -157.50 -162.50 -180.00 -160.00 -148.00 -12.00
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 20.00 17.50 17.50 15.00 7.50 15.50 14.00 1.50
PKO/CNO -40.00 -40.00 -42.50 -40.00 -50.00 -42.50 -34.00 -8.50
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO Nov  2006 (RM) 1615.00 1611.00 1599.00 1575.00 1557.00 1591.40 1601.50 -10.10
CBOT SBO Dec  2006 (US$) 572.66 562.98 562.10 553.74 551.76 560.65 560.00 0.65
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA       
FOB Indonesia (US$) 440.00 437.50 437.50 430.00 427.50 434.50 439.50 -5.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 451.00 448.50 448.50 441.00 438.50 445.50 450.50 -5.00
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 1656.25 1649.49 1646.89 1623.10 1612.10 1,637.57 1655.50 -17.93
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)   77.75 69.99 73.89 55.60 71.60 69.77 69.00 0.77
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