Palm Oil Weekly Prices
 
 
PALM OIL WEEKLY PRICES ON   24th - 30th Oct  2007 5th  Week
Prices in the domestic and export markets traded firmer.
Crude palm oil price traded  higher, up  by RM48.00 to RM2,890.50,  with the  highest traded price at RM2,970.00.  RBD palm olein traded higher by US$10.50 to US$895.00.  Prices were traded firmer due to:
n Supported by new peak crude oil prices at US$92.22 per barrel last Friday.  The sentiments sparked off a strong technical buying at BMD CPO futures.
n Bullish sentiment news that Indonesia raised their base export prices and export tax rates for palm oil products in November 2007.  The base export price for CPO and RBD Palm Olein have been raised to US$784 and US$824 for November from US$760 and US$773 respectively in October.  While the export tax rates for CPO and RBD Palm Olein raised to 10% from 7.5% in October 2007.
n Higher SGS’s palm oil exports for the first 25 days of October, up 3.3% to 1.112 million tonnes from 1.076 million tonnes during the same period in September.
Crude palm oil export duty.
n .For the current week 29/10/2007 – 04/11/2007, the CPO export duty payable is RM614.58/ tonne.
Palm oil prices in Europe traded  firm.
n Crude palm oil price traded higher by US$32.00 to US$914.00. CPO discount vis-à-vis SBO narrowed to US$122.00  this week
n RBD palm olein traded higher by US$26.00  at US$946.00  and  was  at  a discount of US$90.00 against SBO.
                   
 
WEEKLY PALM OIL PRICE PROFILE
  Daily   Prices Weekly Average
24/10/2007 25/10/2007 26/10/2007 29/10/2007 30/10/2007 Present Previous Diff (+/-)
1. LOCAL PHYSICAL PRICES (RM/TONNE)  
CPO (Lcl Deld) 2,823.50 2821.00 2884.50 2937.50 2925.50 2,890.50 2,842.50 48.00
PK (Ex-mill) 1,687.00 1690.50 1704.50 1709.50 1709.00 1,704.50 1,688.50 16.00
CPKO(Lcl Deld) 3,271.00 3278.00 3308.00 3360.00 3364.00 3,308.50 3,272.00 36.50
2. EXPORT PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P. Oil (Fob M'sia) 873.50 892.00 880.00 NT NT 879.00 879.50 -0.50
RBD P.Olein (Fob M'sia) 883.50 888.00 899.00 NT 930.00 895.00 884.50 10.50
RBD P.Stearin (Fob M'sia) 835.00 835.00 847.50 875.00 NT 847.00 851.50 -4.50
3. N.W. EUROPE PRICES (US$/TONNE)  
RBD P.Olein (Cif Rott) 917.50 925.00 940.00 980.00 967.50 946.00 920.00 26.00
RBD P. Oil (Cif Rott) 910.00 917.50 932.50 972.50 960.00 938.50 912.50 26.00
CPO (Cif Rott) 885.00 885.00 920.00 947.50 932.50 914.00 882.00 32.00
SBO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 1,017.80 1,021.52 1,038.96 1,048.77 1,053.54 1,036.12 1016.50 19.62
Sun Oil (Cif Rott) 1,330.00 1,260.00 1,330.00 1,300.00 1,320.00 1,308.00 1410.00 -102.00
RSO (Dutch Fob Ex-Mill) 1,143.07 1,148.85 1,165.59 UNQ 1,207.96 1,166.37 1171.00 -4.63
                   
RBD P.Stearin (Cif Rott) 885.00 885.00 885.00 935.00 925.00 903.00 886.00 17.00
Tallow 754.00 754.00 754.00 754.00 754.00 754.00 754.00 0.00
                   
PKO (Cif Rott) 1,010.00 1,010.00 1,030.00 1,055.00 1,050.00 1,031.00 1016.00 15.00
CNO (Cif Rott) 1,020.00 1,025.00 1,045.00 1,070.00 1,060.00 1,044.00 1028.00 16.00
4. PRICE PREMIUM / DISCOUNT IN N.W EUROPE  (US$/TONNE)  
CPO/SBO -132.80 -136.52 -118.96 -101.27 -121.04 -122.12 -135.50 13.38
CPO/RSO -258.07 -263.85 -245.59 UNQ -275.46 -260.74 -289.00 28.26
RBD P.Olein/SBO -100.30 -96.52 -98.96 -68.77 -86.04 -90.12 -98.00 7.88
RBD P.Olein/Sun Oil -412.50 -335.00 -390.00 -320.00 -352.50 -362.00 -490.00 128.00
RBD P.Stearin/Tallow 131.00 131.00 131.00 181.00 171.00 149.00 132.00 17.00
PKO/CNO -10.00 -15.00 -15.00 -15.00 -10.00 -13.00 -12.00 -1.00
5. FUTURES PRICES (TONNE)  
BMD CPO December  2007 (RM) 2755.00 2748.00 2847.00 2959.00 2900.00 2841.80 2762.00 79.80
CBOT SBO December  2007 (US$) 890.56 900.24 910.36 928.40 916.96 909.30 890.50 18.80
6. LANDED INDONESIA CPO PRICE IN MALAYSIA       
FOB Belawan US$ (Offered Price) 837.50 842.50 860.00 892.00 877.50 861.90 843.50 18.40
Landed Indonesia CPO (US$) 852.50 857.50 875.00 907.00 892.50 876.90 858.50 18.40
Landed Indonesia CPO (RM) 2874.20 2884.20 2932.13 3031.65 2988.98 2,942.23 2899.00 43.23
Premium/Discount Vs Lcl Dlvd CPO (RM)   50.70 63.20 47.63 94.15 63.48 63.83 59.00 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