Amendment to publication timestamp of crude palm oil mill effluent, fob Malaysia and refined palm oil mill effluent, fob Indonesia: pricing notice

Fastmarkets has amended the publication timestamp of its crude palm oil mill effluent, fob Malaysia and refined palm oil mill effluent, fob Indonesia assessments.

This is to better reflect market activity and liquidity, which is closely linked to liquidity quotes in the palm and laurics markets.

The new specifications are as follows, with amendments in italics:

AG-PLM-0035 Crude palm oil mill effluent, fob Malaysia
Quality: Free fatty acids (FFA) min. 30%, moisture, impurities and unsaponifiable matter (MIU) max. 3%, total fatty matter min. 95%, ISCC certified 
Quantity: 2000-5,000 metric tonne
Location: Port Klang, Pasir Gudang, Lahad Datu, FOB
Timing: Shipment 30-45 days ahead
Unit: USD/tonne
Publication: Weekly on Thursday, timestamped 6:00 pm Singapore time

AG-PLM-0036 Refined palm oil mill effluent, fob Indonesia
Quality: free fatty acids (FFA) max. 5%, moisture, impurities and unsaponifiable matter (MIU) max. 2%, total fatty matter min. 95%, ISCC certified 
Quantity: 2000-5,000 metric tonnes,
Location:  Dumai and Belawan, FOB
Timing: Shipment 30-45 days ahead
Unit: USD/tonne
Publication: Weekly on Thursday, timestamped 6:00 pm Singapore time

These prices are part of the Fastmarkets fats, oils and biofuels package.

To provide feedback on this price or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to this price, please contact pricing@fastmarkets.com and biofuels@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “re: palm oil mill effluent (POME)”

Please indicate if comments are confidential. Fastmarkets will consider all comments received and will make comments not marked as confidential available upon request.

To see all Fastmarkets pricing methodology and specification documents, go to the Fastmarkets methodology page.

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