Russian Grain Markets: 28 May-1 June 2018 Domestic grain prices mainly grew as the volumes of stocks offered on the market were limited. Thus, despite the record results of MY 2017/18 grain exports, which may total 54 MMT, sellers rather than buyers are now determining the domestic market prices. Meanwhile, export prices continued to decrease. The average milling wheat export price fell to $208/MT FOB Black Sea, and purchase prices at the seaports fluctuated within $197-200/MT CPT-Black Sea port. The average export price for wheat produced in 2018 was $205/MT FOB Black Sea. Meanwhile, the average feed barley export price dropped to $202/MT FOB Black Sea, and the average purchase price decreased to $176/MT CPT-Black Sea port. The average ex...
What You Need to Know Today: After a period of limited activity, USDA reported a sizeable 613 KMT in soybean export sales, including 330 KMT to China and 283 KMT to unknown destinations, potentially also China. The purchases represent a meaningful pickup in demand and bring China closer to ful...
Key Takeaways: Dry bulk markets remain mixed with Capesize vessels seeing continued pressure from weaker demand while fixtures and rate strength gradually increases towards the smaller vessel classes. Tanker markets are pulling back from their recent highs as tonnage moves out of the Mid...
From WPI Consulting
Communicating importance of value-added products
Facing increasing pressure to quantify the value of export promotion efforts to investors, a U.S. industry organization retained WPI to develop a quantitative model that better communicated the importance of exports. The resulting model concluded that value-added meat exports contributed $0.45 cents per bushel to the price of corn, increasing support for that sector’s financial support of WPI’s client. In addition to serving the red meat industry with this type of analysis, WPI has generated similar deliverables for the U.S. soybean and poultry/egg industries.