Export Sales and Shipments for November 15-21, 2024. Wheat: Net sales of 366,800 metric tons (MT) for 2024/2025 were down 33 percent from the previous week and 15 percent from the prior 4-week average. Export shipments of 433,800 MT were up noticeably from the previous week and up 89 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to Japan (138,600 MT), Mexico (59,900 MT), the Philippines (57,500 MT), Taiwan (55,000 MT), and Egypt (38,100 MT).Corn: Net sales of 1,062,900 MT for 2024/2025 were down 29 percent from the previous week and 46 percent from the prior 4-week average. Export shipments of 1,010,700 MT were up 6 percent from the previous week and 20 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations w...
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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.
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...