Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON  22th Feb  – 28th Feb  2006 5th Week  
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded firmer.
Crude palm oil price traded higher by RM7.50 to RM1,464.00  with  the  highest traded price at RM1,470.00.  RBD palm olein traded higher by US$5.00 to US$414.50.  Prices were higher due to:
>> Higher SGS first 25 days of February exports data, up 1.25% to 920,806 tonnes.
>> Concerns over lower February’s palm oil production and declining stock level.    
>> Higher CBOT soyabean oil and BMD CPO futures prices.      
     
Crude palm oil export duty.
>> For the current week 27/02/2006 –05/03/2006, the CPO export duty payable is RM208.37/ tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded firmer.
>> Crude palm oil price traded higher by US$1.50 to US$456.50. CPO discount vis-à-vis SBO widened to US$97.00 this week.
>> RBD palm olein traded unchanged at US$468.00 and was at a discount of US$85.50 against SBO.
       
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
22/02/06 23/02/06 24/02/06 27/02/06 28/02/06 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 1,455.00 1448.00 1461.00 1468.50 1467.00 1,464.00 1,456.50 7.50
PK (Ex-mill) 1,000.00 975.00 NT 1003.00 1013.50 1,005.00 1,024.50 -19.50
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 2,085.50 2091.00 2098.50 2109.50 2107.50 2,098.50 2,142.00 -43.50
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 407.50 NT 401.50 404.50 415.00 405.50 402.00 3.50
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 415.00 412.00 413.00 414.50 417.00 414.50 409.50 5.00
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 385.50 383.50 391.00 NT NT 386.50 386.50 0.00
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 465.00 465.00 470.00 472.50 469.00 468.30 468.00 0.30
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 457.50 460.00 465.00 465.00 462.50 462.00 456.50 5.50
CPO (Cif Rott) 452.50 455.00 460.00 460.00 455.00 456.50 455.00 1.50
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 547.40 554.42 552.23 563.21 550.80 553.61 549.50 4.11
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 610.00 610.00 607.50 600.00 605.00 606.50 603.00 3.50
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 711.62 711.80 712.56 716.16 720.09 714.45 715.00 -0.55
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 450.00 447.50 450.00 450.00 450.00 449.50 448.00 1.50
Tallow 435.00 435.00 435.00 435.00 435.00 435.00 435.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 620.00 617.50 625.00 625.00 620.00 621.50 625.00 -3.50
CNO (Cif Rott) 592.50 590.00 600.00 595.00 595.00 594.50 588.00 6.50
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -94.90 -99.42 -92.23 -103.21 -95.80 -97.11 -94.50 -2.61
CPO/RSO -259.12 -256.80 -252.56 -256.16 -265.09 -257.95 -260.00 2.05
RBD P.Olein/SBO -82.40 -89.42 -82.23 -90.71 -81.80 -85.31 -81.50 -3.81
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -145.00 -145.00 -137.50 -127.50 -136.00 -138.20 -135.00 -3.20
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 15.00 12.50 15.00 15.00 15.00 14.50 13.00 1.50
PKO/CNO 27.50 27.50 25.00 30.00 25.00 27.00 37.00 -10.00
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO May 2006 (RM) 1471.00 1467.00 1492.00 1510.00 1507.00 1489.40 1483.50 5.90
CBOT SBO May 2006 (US$) 509.08 509.08 514.14 514.14 527.34 514.76 511.00 3.76
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA      
FOB Indonesia (US$) 392.50 392.50 392.50 397.50 395.00 394.00 391.50 2.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 403.50 403.50 403.50 408.50 406.00 405.00 402.50 2.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 1496.99 1496.99 1496.99 1515.54 1506.26 1,502.55 1520.00 -17.45
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)  41.98 48.98 35.98 47.04 39.26 42.65 64.50 -21.85
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