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Black Sea Regional Analysis

Russian Grain Markets: 27 February – 3 March 2023   Russian grain markets maintained previous price levels and in certain segments were even slightly bullish particularly in top grade milling wheat. Low quality milling wheat and feed wheat are abundant and have been bearish for awhile going even lower than feed barley. Feed corn is the only commodity which added a buck per ton. The key fundamentals remain the same: bearish world prices, growing export duties, and a weakening domestic currency. Domestic prices are fully dependent on the above trends. The Russian government continues raising export duties despite a bearish world market. Wheat export duty is now at now almost $72/MT.  Independent analysts tried to calcu...

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Export Sales

Export Sales and Shipments for April 5-11, 2024 Wheat:  Net sales reductions of 93,600 metric tons (MT) for 2023/2024 were down noticeably from the previous week and from the prior 4-week average. Export shipments of 487,800 MT were down 22 percent from the previous week, but unchanged fro...

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