Regional Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA/AFRICA – MEA REGION Sri Lanka’s Minister of Trade says there is no reason for wheat flour prices to increase as the local supply is good and more milling wheat is expected from Dubai and Turkey. Sri Lanka is forecast, by USDA-FAS, to have to import 1.3 MMT of wheat in 2022/23, an increase of 270,000MT. No wheat is produced in Sri Lanka. Wheat is used for both food and for animal feed. The USDA report says that there is a surplus of wheat milling capacity, even though there are only two wheat millers, and that some of the wheat flour production is exported to Asian destinations. Pakistan’s government has decided not to import wheat from Russia on a government- to-g...
Infrastructure investment due diligence
On behalf of a Canadian oilseed processer WPI's team provided market analysis, econometric modeling and financial due diligence in support of a $24 million-dollar investment in a Ukrainian crush plant. Consistent with WPI's findings, local production to supply the plant and the facility's output have expanded exponentially since the investment. WPI has conducted parallel work on behalf of U.S., South American and European clients, both private and public, in the agri-food space.