LMC Oils Price View - MPOC · market to Canadian seed imports and rape/canola oil’s price...
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LMC Oils Price View
David Jackson POTS Shanghai, September 2014
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Key developments oils prices
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Vegetable oil prices have been falling due to 1). large seed oils crops 2). increasing palm oil output 3). declining petroleum prices
Vegetable and mineral oil prices, NW EU ports
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The premium over crude mineral oil is now the most important indicator for vegetable oil prices. On average, these have widened in the past month, but…. EU premium for major oils over Brent crude prices
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….on a daily basis, premia declined below crude at the end of August. This creates the price band, which links vegetable oil and petroleum prices.
Daily premia of CPO prices vs. Brent crude
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How does the price band work?
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The price floor occurs when CPO and Brent crude in the EU are almost the same (i.e., and zero premium). This is a coincidence! The reason lies elsewhere…
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…in South East Asia, where FOB prices are lower because of the freight to the EU.
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In particular in Indonesia, because of the export tax system, CPO has been cheap as a fuel source – outside of any government incentives – for long periods.
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In addition to CPO, Decatur soy oil is also near parity with Brent, which is emerging as its price floor.
Daily premia of FOB Indonesian and Decatur soy oil vs. Brent crude
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Fundamentals determine the size of the price premium vs. Brent crude
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Total palm oil output expanded 16% this month when compared with a year ago. Indonesian output expanded by over 20% compared with a year earlier.
Year-on-year growth in CPO production
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Indonesian production takes longer to affect stocks, which are recorded in Malaysia.
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CPO stocks have been insufficient to explain recent price weakness. Seed oils pushed palm down. But increasing production will now raise stocks.
Malaysian palm oil stocks vs. the EU premium for CPO over Brent crude
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A price band exists in PKO too! Rising PKO stocks have brought down the PKO premium over Brent crude. CNO’s high premium persists.
PKO stocks vs. premium for PKO over Brent crude
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The Chinese oils market
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China Rapeseed oil is looking much more competitive within China than a year ago. Canadian imports to China were restricted, but with the ban now largely removed, Chinese rapeseed prices are converging with Canada.
Rapeseed oil price comparison Chinese oil price comparison
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China Canola imports to China have benefitted from the re-opening of the market to Canadian seed imports and rape/canola oil’s price competitiveness. Palm oil’s share of Chinese imported oil (including oil-in-seed) averages 29% this year.
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Refining margins
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After two years, the initial benefits of the Indonesian export taxes (DETs) have been competed away. Indonesian CPO has become more expensive than palm olein to buyers outside Indonesia
Indonesia daily FOB prices Effect on margins of introduction of Indonesian DETs, September 2011
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The different perspectives of a refiner within Indonesia and one purchasing CPO on an FOB basis are shown. For the domestic refiner, export taxes keep CPO below product prices. For the FOB buyer, CPO is now more costly than product values, turning margins negative.
Premium over Brent crude for daily prices within Indonesia
Premium over Brent crude for Indonesia daily FOB prices
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LMC Oils Price Forecast
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Forecasting vegetable oil prices
Step 1). With the price band still intact, the first part to understanding the price of vegetable oils today is the petroleum (crude oil) price.
Step 2). The second part is to understand the premium for individual vegetable oils over petroleum inside the price band.
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Key factors for prices in the rest of 2014
CPO prices today are at parity with Brent crude in the EU – the price floor.
Huge seed oil crops pushed all oils down. Now, CPO output is expanding fast as well and SE Asia biodiesel mandates (and El Nino!) are weaker than expected.
In Indonesia, CPO prices are cheaper than petroleum. This stimulates discretionary biodiesel blending without the need for subsidies.
A new price floor may be emerging in soy oil, which is also encouraging discretionary blending today.
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UPDATE Looking ahead, palm oil should strengthen as discretionary blending tightens stocks. This will support seed oils, but at lower premiums.
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