Export Sales and Shipments for September 6-12, 2024 Wheat: Net sales of 246,300 metric tons (MT) for 2024/2025 were down 48 percent from the previous week and 46 percent from the prior 4-week average. Export shipments of 642,100 MT--a marketing-year high--were up 18 percent from the previous week and 15 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to the Philippines (123,600 MT), Mexico (114,300 MT), Thailand (113,900 MT), Japan (61,600 MT), and Yemen (53,100 MT). Corn: Net sales of 847,400 MT for 2024/2025 primarily for Mexico (280,800 MT, including decreases of 3,800 MT), unknown destinations (183,400 MT), Japan (121,800 MT, including decreases of 200 MT), Spain (71,500 MT switched from unknow...
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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Accountability and a comprehensive approach to export programming
WPI’s team helped construct a strategic approach to develop, implement, and track promotional activities in 8 key regions across the globe for an agricultural export association. With continued progress measurement and strategic advisory services from WPI, the association has seen its ROI from investments in promotional programming increase by 44 percent over the past 5 years. Not only does this type of holistic approach to organizational strategy provide measurable results to track and analyze, it fosters top-down and bottom-up organizational accountability.