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India’s Soy Outpaces

The head of India’s soybean processing trade association said that the nation’s soybean harvest area will expand by 10 percent this year. India is the world’s largest consumer of vegetable oil and exported three times as much soymeal a decade ago until domestic demand started rising. Soybean production is expanding globally, and India only produces about 10 percent of world output, but the expansion in India has outpaced the rest of the world over the past few years. Even though India consumer more than 50 percent more palm oil than soyoil, demand for the former has been in decline while consumption of more expensive soyoil has been rising. It is unclear whether this dynamic will continue and may be highly dependent on th...

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Infrastructure investment due diligence

On behalf of a Canadian oilseed processer WPI's team provided market analysis, econometric modeling and financial due diligence in support of a $24 million-dollar investment in a Ukrainian crush plant. Consistent with WPI's findings, local production to supply the plant and the facility's output have expanded exponentially since the investment. WPI has conducted parallel work on behalf of U.S., South American and European clients, both private and public, in the agri-food space.

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