Regional Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA COMMENTS Egypt reports holding strategic wheat reserves covering 4.7 months consumption. Officials in the Ukraine say they intend to “build a closer relationship with Egypt” for grain logistics and investments. Grain shipments to Egypt from Ukraine are valued at about $1.7 billion – 3.47 MMT of wheat and 3.55 MMT of corn. Shipments from the Ukraine represent 27 percent of Egypt’s wheat imports and 35.5 percent of corn imports. The dollar value of Algeria’s grain imports in 2019 was down by almost 12 percent --- total value was at $2.71 billion, down from $3.06 billion in 2018. The government agency that issued the statistics did not mention quantities...
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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