Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON  24th May  – 30th May  2006 5th Week  
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded lower.
Crude palm oil price traded lower by US$5.00 to RM1,414.50  with  the  highest traded price at RM1,430.00.  RBD palm olein also traded lower by US$10.00 to US$411.50.  Prices were down due to:
>> Sharply lower SGS export data for the first 25 days of May, down by 12.5% to 855,297 tonnes.
>> Concerns over higher May CPO production and a build-up in stock level.      
>> Lower CBOT soyabean oil futures and BMD CPO price sentiment.
             
Crude palm oil export duty.
>> For the current week 29/05/2006 –04/06/2006, the CPO export duty payable is RM195.57/ tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded firmer.
>> Crude palm oil price traded lower by US$4.00 to US$455.50. CPO discount vis-à-vis SBO widened by US$148.50 this week.
>> RBD palm olein traded lower by US$9.00 to US$469.50 and was at a discount of US$126.50 against SBO.    
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
24/05/06 25/05/06 26/05/06 29/05/06 30/05/06 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 1,420.00 1411.50 1418.00 1410.00 1403.50 1,414.50 1,419.50 -5.00
PK (Ex-mill) 843.00 844.00 853.00 850.50 831.00 846.50 853.00 -6.50
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 1,792.00 1800.00 1805.00 1809.50 1811.00 1,801.50 1,811.50 -10.00
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 406.00 403.50 401.50 396.50 NT 402.00 408.50 -6.50
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 411.50 409.00 412.00 412.50 414.00 411.50 421.50 -10.00
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 401.00 405.50 399.50 392.50 NT 403.00 400.50 2.50
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 465.00 UNQ 470.00 467.50 467.50 467.50 476.50 -9.00
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 460.00 UNQ 465.00 462.50 462.50 462.50 468.00 -5.50
CPO (Cif Rott) 445.00 UNQ 447.50 445.00 445.00 445.63 449.50 -3.88
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 585.90 UNQ 592.41 592.18 605.17 593.92 593.00 0.92
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 687.50 UNQ 690.00 690.00 695.00 690.63 697.50 -6.88
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 840.64 UNQ 840.84 853.25 858.83 848.39 852.50 -4.11
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 455.00 UNQ 455.00 452.50 452.50 453.75 453.50 0.25
Tallow 415.00 UNQ 415.00 415.00 415.00 415.00 415.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 550.00 UNQ 550.00 545.00 550.00 548.75 556.00 -7.25
CNO (Cif Rott) 575.00 UNQ 577.50 572.50 585.00 577.50 592.00 -14.50
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -140.90 UNQ -144.91 -147.18 -160.17 -148.29 -143.50 -4.79
CPO/RSO -395.64 UNQ -393.34 -408.25 -413.83 -402.76 -403.00 0.24
RBD P.Olein/SBO -120.90 UNQ -122.41 -124.68 -137.67 -126.42 -116.50 -9.92
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -222.50 UNQ -220.00 -222.50 -227.50 -223.13 -221.00 -2.13
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 40.00 UNQ 40.00 37.50 37.50 38.75 38.50 0.25
PKO/CNO -25.00 UNQ -27.50 -27.50 -35.00 -28.75 -36.00 7.25
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO Aug  2006 (RM) 1438.00 1441.00 1446.00 1437.00 1439.00 1440.20 1451.50 -11.30
CBOT SBO Aug  2006 (US$) 555.50 555.94 556.82 556.82 562.98 557.61 560.00 -2.39
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA      
FOB Indonesia (US$) 387.50 385.00 387.50 387.50 385.00 386.50 392.00 -5.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 398.50 396.00 398.50 398.50 396.00 397.50 403.00 -5.50
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 1450.66 1444.21 1451.70 1447.51 1433.72 1,445.56 1456.00 -10.44
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)  30.66 32.71 33.70 37.51 30.22 32.96 37.50 -4.54
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