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Middle East, Mediterranean and Africa Regional Analysis

Regional Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA/AFRICA – MEA REGION Algeria decided to bar French companies from its wheat import tenders due to France’s support for Morocco’s continued sovereignty over the Western Sahara region. All tender participants have been advised that offering French wheat will no longer be allowed. Morocco annexed the Western Sahara in 1975 – Algeria has not accepted this.  Algeria is expected to buy as much as 3 MMT of Russian wheat in 2024/25, according to the Russian trade mission in Algiers. Since July, excluding the latest tender, Algeria has purchased 978,000 MT of Russian wheat. Africa is reported to import 40 MMT of wheat per year – 90 percent of Africa’s...

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Mar 26 Corn closed at $4.4225/bushel, down $0.0775 from yesterday's close.  Mar 26 Wheat closed at $5.13/bushel, down $0.06 from yesterday's close.  Mar 26 Soybeans closed at $10.635/bushel, down $0.09 from yesterday's close.  Mar 26 Soymeal closed at $303.3/short ton, down $4.1...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

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Grains and oilseeds nearly all traded lower to start the week with profit taking driving most of the action as the CBOT enters another holiday-shortened week. The only market to finish higher was soyoil, where a geopolitical tension driving bounce in crude oil helped support the vegoil. Improve...

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feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

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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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