Ethanol import in China reached 124,823 cubic metres in December, which is 31% lower than December 2015. The decrease is due to the increase in domestic production following the drop in corn prices on the domestic market.
On January 14, 2017 (Saturday), Egypt's National Company GASC started an auction for wheat purchase, at which 235,000 tons of wheat were bought from Russia and Romania.
Wheat export from Canada has been shrinking significantly during the current season despite harvest growth, Canadian Grain Commisiion (CGC) states. 6.2 mln tons soft wheat have been exported from Canada for the first 23 weeks of the season which marks a 19 per cent decrease compared with the same period of MY 2015 - 2016. Hard wheat export has gone down by 6 per cent to 1.8 mln tons.
In November 2016, France's corn export was below 350,900 tons and barley export was 248,700 tons. Compared with November 2015 corn export has decreased by 24%, and barley export has decreased by 28%.
In October, the export of French soft wheat to third countries has dropped to 293,000 tons according to the country's customs services. It has been the lowest export for this month of year since 2007.
