Regional News On 1 December, Bulgaria lifted its import ban on four agricultural products (wheat, corn sunflower seed, and rapeseed) from Ukraine. Last week, Russia announced an export quota for grains of 24 MMT for 15 February through 30 June 2024, which would imply monthly exports of about 5.5 MMT. The ban does not apply to EEU member states. Kazakhstan’s government is considering a proposal to place an export tax on wheat that would be a minimum of 20 percent or €60/MT. The proposal includes an effort to ban hard wheat exports for a certain period. Additional details are lacking and there is no timeline for the export tax or the export ban. Milling Wheat After selling off to 2- and 3-year low...
What You Need to Know Today: There has already been a strong run of flash soybean sales announcements in recent weeks, but more than 1.4 MMT reported this morning is an exceptionally large single-day total with major implications for the market. If the sales to China and unknown destinations w...
In agriculture and food processing, we think a lot about infrastructure: transportation and storage, processing and packaging, distribution and delivery. It is a physical system of roads, railroads, and rivers; concrete and steel storage; processing plants, warehouses, and machinery; and, event...
Key Takeaways: The Panama Canal’s draft restrictions and decreasing rainfall outlook are driving big moves in dry bulk markets this week. Panamax markets are sharply lower as the economics of moving freight across the Canal are deteriorating rapidly, leading to support in Supramax vessels...
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