On January 25, 2017, Israeli importers carried out an auction for the purchase of 85,000 tons of corn, 40,000 tons of wheat fodder and 25,000 tons of barley fodder. 85,000 tons of corn were actually purchased at 179.71 USD/ton C&F in a May contract in Chicago + 0,84 USD/bushel.
Oil World reports that key grains import in China (wheat, corn, barley, sorghum) in December 2016 went down to 964,000 tons compared with 1.7 mln tons in December 2015.
Romania increased grain export to non-EU countries in November 2016, information from the European Commission. Export reached 735,000 tons of grain, which is 43% higher than November of 2015 while its value was +32% up to 125 mln Euro.
In its January report, Informa Economics Agency reduced its forecast for wheat fields in the USA in 2017 down to 45.8 mln acres with a forecast in December at 46.6 mln acres. USDA estimates areas of 48.5 mln acres.
100,000 of tons milling wheat from the USA at 173.53 – 254 USD/ton to be delivered between June 1 and July 5, 2017 were bought by South Korean companies at an auction on January 19, 2017.
Russian Ministry of Agriculture increased its forecast for grain export which is now estimated between 35 and 37 mln tons compared with exactly 35 mln tons in the previous forecast. Between the season start and January 18, 2017, 21,28 mln tons of grain were exported from the country compared with 21,344 mln tons a year earlier.
