-- マレーシアのパーム油先物価格は水曜日、3営業日連続で上昇した。これは、前日の大豆油価格の上昇、インドネシアにおけるB50バイオディーゼル生産計画の進展、そしてエルニーニョ現象による生産量削減の可能性が要因となっている。 ブルサ・マレーシア・デリバティブズの5月限パーム油先物価格は0.87%上昇し、1トン当たり4,530マレーシアリンギット(1,145.82米ドル)となった。6月限は0.95%上昇し、1トン当たり4,578リンギットとなった。 前日の原油価格上昇の影響は食用油にも波及し、バイオ燃料原料として用いられる大豆油とパーム油の価格を押し上げた。 インドネシアでは、パーム油由来バイオディーゼルの利用拡大のため、7月1日から混合比率を現行の40%から50%に引き上げる。 地元通信社アンタラは、エネルギー鉱物資源省のエニヤ・リスティアニ・デウィ事務次官の発言を引用し、B50(50%混合)の試験結果の予備調査で、燃料が要求仕様を満たしていることが確認されたと報じた。 運輸部門向けの路上試験とエンジン検査は6月までに完了する見込みだ。 B50の導入に伴い、インドネシアの従来型ディーゼルの輸入は停止され、化石燃料消費量は年間約400万キロリットル削減される見込みだ。デウィ事務次官によると、現行のB40(40%混合)プログラムでは、ディーゼル購入量が330万キロリットル削減されている。 インドネシアにおけるバイオ燃料需要の増加は、パーム油の輸出供給量を減少させ、マレーシアの輸出市場を押し上げる可能性がある。 貨物調査員らは、4月前半20日間のマレーシアからの貨物輸送量が前月比25.6~25.8%減少したと推定している。 価格情報機関Fastmarketsの分析によると、4月前半の輸出量は前月比324,724トン減の580,018トンとなり、これは主に中東向け輸出量が114,650トン減少したことが原因だ。 The Edge Malaysiaは、マレーシア貿易開発公社(MEDC)のリーザル・メリカン・ナイナ・メリカン会長の発言を引用し、継続する地政学的緊張がマレーシアの輸出市場、特にイランからの需要の低迷に重くのしかかっていると報じた。 メリカン会長によると、第1四半期のイラン向けパーム油およびパーム関連製品の出荷量は前年同期比86.1%減の9,000万リンギットに落ち込んだという。 Fastmarketsによると、イランは4月前半にマレーシアからパーム油を一切輸入しなかった。 Business Todayが引用したBMIリサーチの見解によれば、今後パーム油価格の変動は、エネルギー市場の動向と供給のファンダメンタルズによって左右されるだろう。 季節的な低水準の後、生産量は増加する可能性があるものの、5月から10月にかけて発生するエルニーニョ現象は、価格上昇の大きなリスク要因となる。 BMIは、中東紛争の沈静化を前提として、第2四半期のパーム油価格は1トン当たり約4,200リンギットまで下落すると予測しており、年間平均価格は1トン当たり4,300リンギットになると見込んでいる。
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