EU Removes Antidumping Duties on Argentine and Indonesian Biodiesel Imports The EU has removed antidumping duties on biodiesel imports from Argentina and Indonesia after the European Court of Justice and the WTO ruled they were illegal. However, this applies only to biodiesel exported by companies that challenged the duties in the WTO. These include the Argentine subsidiaries of Cargill, Bunge, and Louis Dreyfus as well as Argentina’s Molinos Rio de la Plata along with Indonesia’s Cilandra Perkasa and Wilmar. Biodiesel exported by all other firms that did not participate in the challenge will apparently still be subject to duties of 62.52-79.56 euros/MT for Argentina of and 166.95-178.85 euros/MT for Indonesia. Imports of biodi...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
Tomorrow is the Juneteenth federal holiday, and the USDA, along with the rest of the federal government and the CME, will be closed, so the monthly Cattle on Feed report was released a day early. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity on 1 June amounted...
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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.