Oil World announced that rapeseed import in the EU in November 2016 increased more than 100% compared with the previous year up to 301,000 tons (139,000).
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.
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.
