- During the week starting from May 6, 2024, the export tax on Russian wheat will be 3,386 rubles/ton (3,443 the previous week). The export tax on barley will be 153.6 rubles/ton (440.7), while the duty for corn remains zero.
  
- As of April 1, 2024, grain stocks in Russian grain receiving and processing enterprises amounted to 16.8 million tons (down 7% compared to April 2023), including wheat stocks of 12.9 million tons, barley stocks of 1.8 million tons, and corn stocks of 1.1 million tons.

- From January to March, Russia produced 2.84 million tons of sunseed oil, which is 26% more than the previous year.

- As of April 25, 2024, in Ukraine, 2 million hectares or 38% of the planned areas are sown with sunseed. Soybean areas cover 28,600 hectares (out of a planned 1.99 million hectares). Spring grain crops areas cover 2.546 million hectares (45.5% and 5.601), including spring wheat areas of 223,300 hectares (246,100), corn areas of 1.189 million hectares (3.912), and spring barley areas of 761,500 hectares (818,000).

- In its April report, the European Commission forecasts oilseed production in the EU at 33.2 million tons (32.907 the previous year). Rapeseed production is expected to be 19.41 million tons (19.817), sunseed production is projected at 10.7 million tons (10.185), and soybean production at 3.128 million tons (2.823). France is the largest rapeseed producer with 4.435 million tons, Romania leads in sunseed production with 2.7 million tons, and Italy leads in soybean production with 1.08 million tons.

- According to Fedoil data, in March 2024, processing of the three main oilseed crops (sunflower, rapeseed, and soybeans) in the EU reached 3.56 million tons (3.29 in February and 3.37 in March 2023). Rapeseed processing was 1.68 million tons (-3.5% and 1.66), soybean processing reached 1.36 million tons (+29% and 1.19), and sunseed processing was 0.52 million tons (+6% and unchanged). In the first quarter of 2024, oilseed processing in the EU reached 10.34 million tons (9.72), including soybean processing reached 3.56 million tons (3.39), sunseed processing totalled 1.59 million tons (1.42), and rapeseed processing reached 5.17 million tons (4.92).

- The Egyptian government has purchased 750,000 tons of wheat from the domestic market, which is 21% of the planned purchases of 3.5 million tons for the season.

- From January to March 2024, global trade in soymeal reached 17.7 million tons (+3.2 compared to the previous year), according to Oil World data. Argentina exported 5.23 million tons of product (+1.6), Brazil 5.22 million tons (+0.7), and the US 4.13 million tons (+0.5). The largest buyers were the EU with 4.13 million tons, Indonesia with 1.41 million tons, and Vietnam with 1.4 million tons.