Lipid Technology
DOI 10.1002/lite.200800042
Market Report
Frank D. Gunstone
Coconut
Palmkernel
8:0
10:0
12:0
14:0
16:0
18:0
18:1
18:2
8
3
7
4
48
45
16
18
9
9
2
3
7
15
2
2
3.18
1.85
3.18
1.95
3.11
1.86
3.15
2.10
3.22
2.17
2.90
1.75
3.02
1.87
Palmkernel
Production
Exports
2.99
1.55
3.30
1.69
3.47
1.81
3.95
2.08
4.21
2.22
4.44
2.60
4.79
2.86
Lauric oils
Production
Exports
6.17
3.40
6.48
3.64
6.58
3.67
7.10
4.18
7.43
4.39
7.34
4.35
7.81
4.73
Table 3. Consumption (million tonnes) for food and non-food purposes by major consuming countries in 2006/07.
World
EU-27
Malaysia
USA
Indonesia
India
China
Philippines
Nigeria
Coconut
Palmkernel
Laurics
2.95
0.68
0.06
0.39
0.19
0.40
0.09
0.32
4.46
0.71
1.09
0.29
0.46
0.15
0.38
0.01
0.22
7.41
1.39
1.15
0.68
0.65
0.55
0.47
0.33
0.22
Table 4. Prices for coconut and palmkernel oils (US%/tonne) in Rotterdam. The prices for 2006/07 are only for the eight months October-May. See text for 2007/08 figures.
Coconut
Palmkernel
1996/06
2004/05
2005/06
2006/07
561
554
636
638
583
583
717
683