India’s rice exports have been lower in 2016/17, but its non-basmati varieties are expected to do better in 2017/18 and find a market in Bangladesh as well as possibly Nigeria. However, basmati could lose the EU market because of a new policy. Pulses Prices Continue to Slide; Planted Area is Up India’s pulses demand is 24-25 MMT, and the ag minister has stated that the country would become “self-sufficent” production-wise in coming years. However, it does not appear that this will happen rapidly. Prices of the three main pulses are all currently lower.Black lentil (urad) prices are down 41.55 percent from the January 2017 peak, 30.76 percent below the seasonal average achieved in April 2017 and 20.37 percent less than the announced 2017/1...
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...
The USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) projects China’s chicken imports to drop by 33 percent this year and another 15 percent next year, as domestic production outpaces growing consumption and the country’s own exports surge. In its annual report on the Chinese poultry...
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