Regional News Egypt’s GASC secured 79 KMT of soybean and sunseed oil in total, of which 27 KMT of sunseed oil was purchased at $1.170/MT CNF and 52 KMT of soyoil were bought at $1.325/MT CNF. The EU Commission issued a proposal to extend the duty-free policy of Ukrainian imports into the EU by another year. French authorities are set to impose limits on water for crop irrigation in parts of the country for the first time since 1959. Russian wheat stocks as of January totaled 19.8 MMT, up from 12.4 MMT in 2022. Ukraine is requesting that the UN-brokered “grain export corridor” agreement be renewed for one year, rather than the previous two agreements which were for 120 days. Ukraine indicated it...
Key Market Insights The broad market is locked in on this week’s Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, but this is no longer just a trade summit. Increasingly, the meeting is becoming tied directly to Iran, energy security, and the growing global economic fallout from disruptions through the Strai...
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Illuminating the value of technical research
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