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Black Sea Regional Analysis

Russian Grain Markets: 17–21 June 2024 Russia’s grain markets were quite volatile with some regions showing price recoveries. Southern Russia’s harvesting campaign is underway. Fresh demand for new crop barley has seen better price levels and as long as feed barley exports are duty free, this may help Russian exporters get better deals on forwarding contracts. However, Russia’s key grain – wheat – is going through turbulent time as prices are falling both globally and in the Black Sea region. Adding to the equation is a stable or slightly stronger Russian RUB; there may be even lower price levels for wheat domestically. A new mathematical calculation for the export duty for wheat becomes effective 1 Ju...

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