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亚洲生物燃料最新动态:马来西亚棕榈油与原油价格走势分化

-- 尽管能源市场上涨,但由于出口放缓,马来西亚棕榈油期货价格走势与原油走势背离。 马来西亚衍生品交易所(Bursa Malaysia Derivatives)5月和6月原棕榈油合约分别下跌约0.2%,至每吨4,489马来西亚林吉特(1,129.45美元)和4,532林吉特,创两周新低。 由于美国和伊朗在周末的和平谈判中未能达成协议,美国军方准备封锁霍尔木兹海峡的所有伊朗港口,原油价格因此上涨。 自2月下旬以来,不断升级的地缘政治冲突推高了棕榈油价格。 然而,马来西亚棕榈油局局长艾哈迈德·帕尔维兹(Ahmad Parveez)告诉《星报》,由于航运中断导致出口利润率下降,行业利润可能无法完全反映价格飙升。 据报道,帕尔维兹表示,由于绕道非洲的航运路线将运输时间延长了近两周,马来西亚在中东的主要市场也可能转向附近的供应商。 据货运调查机构称,4月前10天,马来西亚的货运量较上月下降了30.7%至38.9%。如果4月份出口持续走低,这一趋势可能会逆转3月份货运量环比增长40.7%的局面。 路透社援引Sunvin集团的阿尼尔库马尔·巴加尼的话说,需要出口表现进一步强劲才能促进本月国内库存下降。 《新海峡时报》援引联昌证券的话说,如果需求持续旺盛且产量下降,马来西亚4月份的库存量可能从3月份的230万吨进一步降至220万吨。 印尼自7月1日起将生物柴油掺混比例从40%提高到50%,此举或将提振该国的出口需求。 另一方面,化肥供应中断和厄尔尼诺现象带来的风险可能会导致产量下降。

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