Regional Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST COMMENTS Egypt says that it will establish a commodities exchange for the trading of items that will include wheat, sugar, corn and rice – both locally produced and imported. They say that it will be in place in the next 36 to 48 weeks. Several quasi-government agencies will be shareholders in the exchange. Egypt’s GASC purchased 300,000 MT of milling wheat for February 2020 – 120,000 MT from France at $245.50/MT CNF, 60,000 MT from Romania at $245.45/MT CNF, 60,000 MT from Russia at $245.98/MT CNF and 60,000 MT from Ukraine at $245.93/MT CNF. This tender did include the new term that allows Egyptian inspectors to check wheat at load ports. Egypt has fallen a little short in i...
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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.