Mapping The Palm Oil Price - 2013 Market Perspective:
Neutral Prices on Slow Stock Drawdown
Ms. Erin Fitzpatrick
Erin FitzPatrick is a Commodities Analyst for Rabobank’s Agri Commodity Markets Research (ACMR) team based in London. ACMR is part of Rabobank’s wider Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory which is comprised of more than 80 analysts around the globe. As a commodities analyst, Erin specifically focuses on analysis and outlook for the world’s major agri commodities. Her role includes price forecasting for key grains & oilseeds commodity markets. In addition, she works closely with Rabobank’s commodity division on servicing client price risk management needs where she has regular interaction with global bank clients.
Prior to this, Erin spent three years with Rabobank’s Food & Agribusiness Research and
Advisory department in New York where she was responsible for global coverage of the
farm inputs sector. In this role she focused on fertilizer, seed, agrochemicals and farm
equipment. Before joining Rabobank, Erin spent three years as part of Morgan Stanley’s
Wealth Management Group.
Erin studied at The University at Buffalo, New York, USA where she earned a B.S. in
Management with a concentration in Finance.
As export demand remains strong, we expect stocks to be further drawn down in coming months—supporting MDEX Palm oil prices and reducing the spread to CBOT Soy oil. We believe the January drawdown in Malaysia’s palm oil stocks is a trend that will continue in coming months based on our Q1 2013 price forecast of MYR 2,400/tonne during Q1 2013. In the coming months, the seasonally slow palm oil production, palm oil’s low price, and reduced supplies of alternative vegetable oils should allow prices to rise into Q2 2013. However, we expect the drawdown will not push stocks below the 5-year average, and we maintain our expectations that prices in 2013 will remain lower YOY. Despite this, we expect the reversal in the trend of rising stockpiles will begin to narrow the spread of MDEX Palm oil to CBOT Soy oil, which is at historic levels for this time in the season. We anticipate a recovery in global soy oil export availability as South America’s soybean harvest progresses, at the same time as Malaysia’s palm oil supplies are declining.
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