Sorting Through the Hazards With over 100 million people and an investment grade rating, the Philippines is an important player in the global agricultural market. The Philippines: Helping Tear Down the Blendwall Limits for Ethanol The Philippines is the second-largest and fastest-growing market for ethanol exports as well as one of the few in the world that is truly short on supplies. The Philippines: A Key Market for U.S. Soymeal As U.S. soybean processors have seen a decline in domestic soymeal demand because of competition from DDGS and rapeseed meal, they have worked to expand the volume of exports. One market where they have been very successful is the Philippines. Fertilizer Use in the Philippines The Philippines’ fairly...
President Trump has opened the door to 100,000 MT of beef lean trimmings (limited to HTS codes 0201.30.5091, 0201.30.5097, 0202.30.5091, and 0202.30.5097) from countries listed under the “Other Countries” TRQ effective 1 September. These imports would not be subject to the over-quot...
Key Takeaways: CHS and OCP plan to invest up to $450 million in a Louisiana phosphate fertilizer facility capable of producing more than 1 MMT annually, marking the first new U.S. plant of its kind in more than 40 years. The facility could reduce U.S. dependence on imported finished phosphate...
A Small Industry Tied to a Global Benchmark The U.S. wool industry is small by global standards but heavily export-dependent, with roughly 60 percent of U.S. wool leaving the country each year. Australia, by contrast, dominates world wool trade. Because the U.S. lacks a deep domestic auction ma...
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WPI’s team helped construct a strategic approach to develop, implement, and track promotional activities in 8 key regions across the globe for an agricultural export association. With continued progress measurement and strategic advisory services from WPI, the association has seen its ROI from investments in promotional programming increase by 44 percent over the past 5 years. Not only does this type of holistic approach to organizational strategy provide measurable results to track and analyze, it fosters top-down and bottom-up organizational accountability.