Articles By Sam Balf
Tunisia’s state grain importer, the Office des Céréales (ODC), has purchased 100,000 tonnes of soft wheat and 100,000 tonnes of durum wheat in an international tender that closed on Thursday December 19, market participants told Fastmarkets.
South Africa’s Crop Estimates Committee (CEC) released its fifth production forecast for winter cereals for the 2024 season on Thursday December 19.
Three parcels totaling a meagre 35,900 tonnes of milling wheat was all that was exported from Rouen in the week to Wednesday December 18, according to data released by French port operator Haropa.
Algeria's state grain importer, the Office Algerien Interprofessionnel des Cereales (OAIC), has concluded an international tender for durum wheat for March-April shipment, according to a reports from market participants.
Tunisia's state grain importer has issued an international tender to buy 100,000 tonnes of both milling and durum wheat for shipment between January and February, according to a document seen by Fastmarkets on Wednesday December 18.
The French Ministry of Agriculture has updated its forecasts for 2024 crop production as of Tuesday December 17, reflecting mixed trends across various crops.
Just two cargoes of milling wheat totalling 43,636 tonnes were exported from Rouen in northern France in the week to December 11, less than a third of the 150,000 tonnes exported in the previous week, according to data released by French port operator Haropa.
The European Union's weekly wheat exports amounted to 207,333 tonnes in the week to Sunday December 8, according to initial data from the European Commission.
The EU imported a total of 152,664 tonnes of soybeans in the week ended Sunday December 8, pushing the yearly total to 5.67 million tonnes, which is an 11% increase compared with the previous year, according to preliminary data from the European Commission.
Nearly 150,000 tonnes of milling wheat were exported from Rouen in the week to Wednesday December 4, according to data released by French port operator Haropa.
The European Union's weekly wheat exports amounted to 147,064 tonnes in the week to Sunday December 1, according to initial data from the European Commission.
The European Commission has updated its forecasts for usable cereal production in the EU for the 2024/25 marketing year, reflecting slight adjustments compared with previous estimates and notable differences from the five-year average, Fastmarkets heard on Friday November 29.
A buy tender launched by Mustaqbal Misr, which had presented itself as a new entity of the Egyptian government, has gone unfilled according to trade sources, with some saying that they had not taken the tender seriously amid doubts over the new company and its documentation.
France’s 2024 grain corn harvest is forecast to reach 13.9 million tonnes, representing a 10% increase compared to last year, according to the corn growers' association AGPM.
Nearly 100,000 tonnes of milling wheat was exported from Rouen in the week to Wednesday November 27, according to data released by French port operator Haropa.
Euronext's commitment of traders report in the week to November 22 showed investors cutting their short positions in wheat futures, however the contract remains firmly net-short.
Tunisia’s state grain importer has awarded a total of eight cargoes in its latest tender for delivery between December and January, according to documents seen by Fastmarkets on Wednesday November 27.
Algeria’s state-backed grain importing agency OAIC has purchased up to 150,000 tonnes of milling wheat for January-March delivery, according to market participants.
Tunisia's state grain importer has issued an international tender to buy 100,000 tonnes of milling wheat and durum wheat for shipment between December and January..
Euronext's commitment of traders report in the week to November 15 showed the net-short position in wheat futures grow by 12% while investors maintained to their bearish views and added to short positions, even as long positions rose slightly.