APK – Inform reports that 705,000 tons of grain were exported from Ukrainian sea ports between January 21 and January 27 compared with 694,700 tons a week earlier. 294,200 tons of wheat and 410,800 tons of corn were exported.
Canadian Grain Commission aanounced that, during the current season, Canadian wheat export keeps below the average level for the past five years. 8.436 mln tons of wheat have been exported from Canada for the first 25 weeks of the season compared with 8.12 mln tons in the previous year and the average of 7.28 mln tons for the past five years.
Grain export from Russia may go down to 2.3 – 2.4 mln tons in February 2017 compared with 2.75 mln tons in Fabruary 2016, RusAgroTrans predicts. Preliminary data shows export was 2.45 mln tons, but levels are expected to drop.
In the week between January 13 and January 19, export wheat sales from the USA turned out to be the highest since the start of the season despite low expectations by analysts - 200 – 525,000 tons.
FAS USDA predicts that Turkey will increase wheat import up to 5 mln tons during the current season (June – July). Import went down to 4.382 mln tons of wheat in the previous season, which is much lower than usual. This was due to the record yield.
Brazilian farmers have harvested 4% of the first harvest corn fields. Harvest tempo in the beginning of the campaign is faster than the average for the past five years.
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.
