Corn import in South Korea will reach 9.8 mln tons in 2016 - 2017, which is 3% less than 2015 – 2016. 5.2 mln tons of corn, to be delivered between October 2016 and April 2017, were bought at the beginning of January.
762,000 tons of wheat were exported from the EU in the week ending on January 31, 2017 which is a very good level for the current season. 14.7 mln tons of wheat have been exported from the EU since the beginning of the season, which is lower than the previous season.
Oil World analysts projected that sunflower yield in Argentina will reach 3.4 mln tons in the current season compared with 2.83 mln tons in the previous year. This will be the highest index in the past five years.
The private broker company INTL FCStone projected a higher corn yield in Brazil of 91.5 mln tons, an increase from 91.1 mln tons. Soybean forecast has been increased too from 102.8 mln tons to 104.08 mln tons.
Indonesian Association of Palm Oil reported that stocks in Indonesia decreased by 76% in 2016 compared with the previous year down to 1.07 mln tons with 4.5 mln tons at the end of 2015.
10% of the planned areas of second harvest corn in Brazilian state of Mato Grosso have been completed compared with 16% and 4.8% a year earlier. Area completion is projected at 33% of the plan next week.
