India May Raise Vegoil Import Tariffs and Subsidize Soymeal Exports The government of India (GOI) is under a great deal of pressure from farmers to do something to raise domestic commodity prices. In the case of soybeans and rapeseed, those prices have fallen well below the government-set Minimum Support Prices (MSPs). It now appears the Indian government is considering two actions in response. The first is to increase the import duties on crude and refined vegoils by 10 percent to 25 percent and 35 percent, respectively. GOI had previously raised them in August from 7.5 percent to 15 percent for crude vegoil and 15 percent to 25 percent for refined vegoil. However, that was insufficient to boost domestic oilseed prices. The second is to...
Key Market Insights Macros: Inflation isn’t cooling — it’s moving higher again. March PCE inflation (Personal Consumption Expenditures index — the Fed’s preferred measure of inflation) rose 0.7 percent month-over-month, pushing the annual rate to 3.5 percent, the h...
An amendment to the U.S. House farm bill, aiming to remove the Save Our Bacon Act language in Section 12006 that would have stripped language to prohibit California’s Proposition 12, Massachusetts’ Question 3, and up to 500 state agricultural laws across the country, was blocked by...
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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.