CIJENE ULJARICA

CIJENE ULJARICA 17.03.1998. SOYBEAN OIL, FOB ROTT & OR EX-TANK, NLG/100 KG mjeseci BID OFFER CHG MAR - 134.00 - APR - 134.00 +0.50 MAY - - - MAY-JUL - 132.00 UNCH AUG-OCT - 127.50 +1.00 NOV-JAN - - - RAPESEED OIL, FOB ROTT & OR EX-TANK, NLG/100 KG mjeseci BID OFFER CHG MAR - - - APR - 133.75 +0.25 MAY-JUL - 134.50 UNCH AUG-OCT - 124.50 +0.50 NOV-JAN - 125.00 UNCH SOYBEAN OIL, U.K. RBD EX-TANK L'POOL, GBP/MT OFFER CHANGE MAR-APR 457.00 -1.00 MAY-JUL 456.00 +2.00 AUG-OCT 442.00 -3.00 NOV-JAN 439.00 -4.00 RAPESEED OIL, U.K. ORIGIN RBD, EX-TANK HULL/L'POOL GBP/MT OFFER CHANGE MAR-APR 456.00 -2.00 MAY-JUL 460.00 +19.00 AUG-OCT 434.00 UNCH NOV-JAN 437.00 -3.00 CASTOR OIL, ANY ORIG. EX-TANK ROTT, $/MT mjeseci BID OFFER CHG JAN-MAR - 850.00 UNCH APR-JUN - 830.00 UNCH GROUNDNUT OIL, ANY ORIG. CIF ROTT, $/MT mjeseci BID OFFER CHG MAR-APR - 945.00 UNCH COCONUT OIL CIF ROTTERDAM, $/MT mjeseci BID OFFER CHG MAR-APR - - - APR-MAY - - - MAY-JUN - 595.00 595.00 JUN-JUL - 605.00 605.00 JUL-AUG - 620.00 620.00 CRUDE PALM OIL LOCAL DELIVERY, SOUTH, M'SIA, RINGGIT/TON BID OFFER CHG MAR 2295 2310 +10.0 APR 2290 2305 +15.0 RBD PALM OIL FOB MALAYSIA US$/MT BID OFFER CHG MAR UNQ UNQ - APR UNQ 637.50 +12.5 M-J UNQ 625.00 +15.0 J-A-S UNQ 590.00 UNCH RBD PALM OLEIN FOB MALAYSIA US$/MT BID OFFER CHG MAR UNQ UNQ - APR UNQ 660.0 +10.0 M-J UNQ 650.0 +20.0 J-A-S UNQ 620.0 +12.5 17/03 EURO VEG. OILS MIXED; PALM OILS HIGHER ON STRONG DEMAND.... LONDON (DOW JONES)--EUROPEAN VEGETABLE OIL PRICES ARE MIXED TUESDAY, WITH PALM OILS HIGHER ON THE BACK OF A STRONG DEMAND PICTURE, SAID TRADERS. TALK THAT INDONESIA WILL CONTINUE TO BAN PALM OIL EXPORTS FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD ARE HELPING SENTIMENT AS ARE REPORTS OF STRONG DEMAND ON THE WORLD MARKET AT A TIME OF SEASONAL DECLINE IN EAST ASIAN PRODUCTION. BUT THE MARKET'S BULLISH MOMENTUM HAS BEEN CAPPED SLIGHTLY BY MONDAY'S OFFICIAL MALAYSIAN PALM OIL PRODUCTION FIGURES FOR FEBRUARY, WHICH WERE SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN EXPECTED AT 601,219 METRIC TONS, UP 17% FROM JANUARY. EUROPEAN ANALYSTS ALSO CITED A BEARISH REPORT FROM THE U.S. AGRICULTURE ATTACHE IN JAKARTA, WHICH FORECASTS INDONESIA'S 1997-98 CRUDE PALM OIL OUTPUT AT 5.50 MILLION TONS, UP FROM AN INITIAL PROJECTION OF 5.36 MILLION TONS, DUE TO STRONG YIELDS AND THE EXPANSION OF PRIVATE PLANTATIONS. DESPITE THE EXPORT BAN, THE ATTACHE FORECAST THE NATION'S 1997-98 EXPORTS AT 2.20 MILLION TONS, REVISED UP FROM 2.05 MILLION TONS. FOB ROTTERDAM REFINED, BLEACHED AND DEODORIZED MALAYSIAN PALM OLEIN IS TRADED BETWEEN $650.00 AND $655.00 A METRIC TON, BASIS APRIL, $640.00 A TON FOR MAY, $635.00 A TON FOR MAY-JUNE, BETWEEN $602.50 AND $610.00 A TON FOR JULY-SEPTEMBER AND AT $600.00 AND $602.50 A TON FOR OCTOBER-DECEMBER. APRIL OFFERS ARE $7.50 UP ON THE DAY AT $655.50 A TON. FOR SOFT OIL PRICES, WHICH ARE QUOTED MOSTLY FLAT TO SLIGHTLY LOWER, SOME SUPPORT IS BEING SEEN FROM THE FORECASTS FOR HEAVY RAINS IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL, WHICH SHOULD DELAY THE NATION'S SOYBEAN HARVEST. ANALYSTS IN EUROPE SAID BRAZIL'S HARVEST IS ABOUT 14% COMPLETE, BEHIND THE 21% RECORDED THIS TIME LAST YEAR, BUT IN LINE WITH THE FIVE-YEAR AVERAGE. ALSO IN THE NEWS IS A REPORT TUESDAY FROM HAMBURG-BASED ANALYST OIL WORLD FORECASTING A CUT IN 1998 ARGENTINE SUNFLOWERSEED OIL PRODUCTION AND EXPORTS DUE TO UNSEASONAL RAINS AND COLD TEMPERATURES REDUCING YIELDS. THIS, COMBINED WITH LOWER SEED PRODUCTION AND AND CARRY-IN STOCKS, HAS LED OIL WORLD TO FORECAST ARGENTINA'S 1998 SUNFLOWERSEED OIL OUTPUT 10% DOWN ON THE YEAR AT 1.960 MILLION TONS. IT ALSO EXPECTS A 150,000 TON DROP IN EXPORTS TO 1.591 MILLION TONS. FOB ROTTERDAM SOYBEAN OIL IS QUOTED AT NLG133.00 PER 100 KILOGRAMS, BASIS APRIL, DOWN 50 DUTCH CENTS. RAPESEED OIL, BASIS APRIL, IS FLAT AT NLG133.50 PER 100 KG. E.U. ORIGIN SUNFLOWERSEED OIL, EX-TANK ROTTERDAM, IS QUOTED FLAT ON THE DAY AT $660.00 A TON, BASIS OCTOBER-DECEMBER, THE ONLY POSITION QUOTED. 181053 MET mar 98