There is good news for ethanol exporters as Brazil may very well lift the newly established tariff-rate quota (TRQ) on ethanol imports, which was imposed by its Council of Ministers of the Foreign Trade Chamber (CAMEX) in September (see Ag Perspectives, 8 August 2017). At the time, receipts of ethanol from the U.S. were up 308 percent over the previous year. The TRQ applied a 20 percent tariff to ethanol imports in excess of either an aggregate total of 600 million liters (158.5 million gallons) or 150 million liters (39.6 million gallons) per quarter or in any given month. The U.S. had exported enough ethanol in May to trigger the TRQ. Anticipation of that new levy and its implementation resulted in a 55 percent drop in those shipments dur...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
Tomorrow is the Juneteenth federal holiday, and the USDA, along with the rest of the federal government and the CME, will be closed, so the monthly Cattle on Feed report was released a day early. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity on 1 June amounted...
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