Articles By Masha Belikova
Taiwan’s Flour Milling Association (FMA) has returned to the market with a fresh tender for 100,000 tonnes of US-origin milling wheat, sources told Fastmarkets Monday March 24.
The Russian government reduced the grain export taxes again for the week from March 26 to April 1, the official note from the agriculture ministry showed on Friday March 21.
The state-funded Turkish Grain Board (TMO) has issued new export tender for the sale of durum wheat, according to documents seen by Fastmarkets on Friday March 21.
The European Commission is considering delaying a first set of countermeasures to US tariffs on aluminium and steel until mid-April, EU trade chief Maroš Šefcovic said on Thursday March 20.
Spring planting in Ukraine progressed by 3 percentage points through the week ending Thursday March 20, reached 4% complete, official data from the country’s Ministry of Agrarian Policy showed on Thursday.
Dry bulk freight rates for Panamax-sized vessels operating in the Atlantic Ocean rose in the week to Wednesday March 19, on stronger export traffic from Brazil and concerns about the proposal by the US Trade Representative (USTR) to impose port charges.
Ukrainian corn prices have moved in the opposite direction of other world origins, strengthening to the highest level since April 2023 amid expectations of a possible trade war between the EU and the US, as well as stable demand, Fastmarkets’ analyses showed.
The Turkish government has announced a corn import allowance of 1 million tonnes until June 30, along with relaxing restrictions on wheat imports, Fastmarkets understands.
A berth and vessel loading at the “Brooklyn-Kyiv” grain terminal at Odesa port in southern Ukraine was damaged in a Russian missile attack late on Tuesday March 11, Louis Dreyfus Co (LDC) told Fastmarkets on Wednesday March 12.
A decision on whether to approve imports of wheat into India will not be made before June at the earliest, and the green light will only be given if there is strong evidence of a need to import, trade sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday March 11.
The Russian government has allocated an additional amount to its wheat export quota for the period from February 15 to June 30, an official document dated Friday March 7 showed on Tuesday March 11.
New proposals by the US government to bring in higher port charges for China-built vessels entering US ports have caused growing concern in the freight market, with Fastmarkets gathering market views on the proposals before the deadline for submission of views on March 10.
Russia’s agriculture ministry indicated on Friday March 7 that non-tariff measures may be considered if wheat crop production drops below estimated levels in the 2025/26 marketing year, according to Russian media.
Tunisian state importing company Office National des Fourrages (ONF) has passed on the purchase in its first-ever tender for optional-origin corn, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday March 7.
Tunisian state importing company Office National des Fourrages (ONF) has issued its first-ever tender for optional-origin corn, the official document showed on Thursday March 6.
The condition of winter cereal crops in Russia has significantly improved in early spring, showing a strong recovery from concerns raised in late 2024, according to the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia.
South Korean feed importer Major Feedmill Group (MFG) has returned to the market looking for up to 140,000 tonnes of optional origin corn after the downtrend in corn futures prices paused, sources told Fastmarkets.
Dry bulk freight rates for Panamax-sized vessels operating in the Atlantic Ocean eased in the week to Wednesday March 5, when shipping supply in the region increased again.
Ukrainian corn prices on an FOB and a DAP basis reacted with a delay to falling global prices in the past two weeks and showed themselves to be relatively stable compared with other origins, Fastmarkets understands.
The Thai Feed Mill Association (TFMA) has picked up a Panamax cargo of feed wheat for August shipment in a tender closed on Tuesday March 4, sources told Fastmarkets.