With greater demand for pulses anticipated in the coming months and a lower-than-normal monsoon projection, the government of India (GOI) has already decided to import stocks as a means to curb price increases. Is Wheat Import Duty Justified? India's Food Ministry, which coordinates with the Food Corporation of India (FCI), must deal with the import of 500,000 MT of inexpensive wheat that has been contracted by flour millers in the country's southern region. While 10 shiploads have already been delivered, two more are likely to arrive during the second week of July with the remainder scheduled in August–September. The ministry has recommended the imposition of a 10 percent duty on wheat imports, which are currently duty free and un...
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: Consumer spending is a key driver of the U.S. economy, and the latest retail sales data indicate that spending remains robust despite inflation. In September, total retail and food service sales rose more than 6 percent year-over-year, with food service spending up 7 percent and...
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.