With domestic food price inflation approaching close to 10 percent, Egypt is using $6 billion received from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the UAE to make more U.S. dollars available to the nation's banks, which have been advised to discount the exchange rate by 1 percent for food importers.
Regional Updates Wheat importers in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region are watching Russia with great interest as that country's agriculture ministry has proposed altering the current wheat export duty that is due to expire 30 June. The change would reduce this tariff to just 1 euro/MT from the current minimum of 35 euros/MT. The new duty rate would be tied to the local wheat price and would increase when that cost rose above 12...
What You Need to Know Today: Russia rejected calls for a ceasefire in the Black Sea, including a proposal to halt attacks on civilian shipping that could help restore grain flows from Ukrainian ports. Tyson Foods announced plans to permanently close its Joslin, Illinois, beef processing facili...
The big news in the cattle markets yesterday was Tyson Foods’ move to close two more beef plants. One of them, the Joslin, Illinois, plant was shuttered immediately after the announcement. The other, in Eagle Mountain, Utah, is a case-ready plant that does not slaughter cattle. Tyson also...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Wednesday. In July, the CPI rose 0.1 percent, seasonally adjusted, and rose 3.4 percent over the last 12 months, not seasonally adjusted. The index for all items less food and energy, or the “core” infla...