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Black Sea Regional Analysis

Russian Grain Markets: 21-25 May 2018 The average milling wheat export price remained stable at $212/MT FOB Black Sea, and purchase prices at seaports were also steady at $200-204/MT CPT-Black Sea port. Meanwhile, 2018 wheat prices averaged $205/MT FOB. The average feed barley export price fell $1/MT to $205/MT FOB, and the average purchase price was $187/MT CPT-Black Sea port. The average corn export price again dropped $2/MT to $198/MT FOB Black Sea. GEOGRAPHICALLY 3rd grade soft milling wheat prices fell in the South (-$1.10/MT) but grew in Central and Black Soil (+$3.40-4.00/MT), Volga Valley and Ural (+$4.70-4.90/MT), and Siberia (+$12.70/MT). 4th grade wheat prices remained unchanged in the South but increased in Central and Black...

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