News In Brief

On February 14, 2017, Jordan cancelled an auction for the purchase of 25,000 tons of milling wheat. An auction for the purchase of 100,000 tons of milling wheat will be carried out on February 21, 2017.

Algeria has announced an auction for the purchase of at least 50,000 tons of hard wheat of random origin to be delivered between March and April 2017.

Taiwanese Millers Association has announced an auction for the purchase of 102,850 tons of milling wheat from the USA.

APK – Inform reported that704,000 tons of sunflower oil were exported from Russia in the first four months of 2016 – 2017 (September - December) versus 458,000 tons a year earlier. Sunflower oil export is expected to reach record 1.85 mln tons within the season.