News in brief

Iraq has announced an auction for the purchase of at least 50,000 tons of hard wheat from Australia, Canada and the USA.

USDA predicts that wheat import in Thailand will be 3.6 mln tons in 2016 - 2017, which is 23% lower than 2015 – 2016. 2.3 mln tons of wheat (+15%) have been imported in Thailand for the first five months of the season, including 1.8 mln tons of wheat fodder (+24%).

In 2016, grain harvest in Estonia was the lowest for the past five years – 934,000 tons. This is a 40% drop compared with 2015.

Iran imported 399,000 tons of soybean in October and November of 2016, which is over 100% higher than the previous year – 166,000 tons. Import will reach 1.9 - 2 mln tons for the span of the season. Soybean meal import was 555,000 tons (203 000) in the first quarter of 2016 - 2017, and it will reach 1.6 – 1.7 mln tons (+30%) until the end of season.