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The sugar refining season in Ukraine ended on February 1, 2026. During the season, 26 factories of the Ukrtsukor association produced 1.64 million tons of sugar. Taking into account one more factory that is not part of the association, the total sugar production amounted to 1.72 million tons, latifundist.com reports.   Thus, despite the reduction in sugar beet sowing areas compared to the previous year by 23% or 50 thousand hectares, sugar production decreased by only 4% or 80...

According to Oil World, in the first 4 months of the 2025/26 MY, Canada exported only 0.2 million tons of canola to China (compared to 2.6 million tons in August-November 2024), which was due to the introduction of extremely high import duties by the PRC.   This season, the canola harvest in Canada has increased compared to last year from 17 million tons to a record 21.8 million tons, so the issue of exports to the main importer - China, which previously bought 6-7 million tons of...

Oil prices, after a recent speculative rise that supported vegetable oil prices, have turned lower this week. April Brent crude futures fell 3% to $67.3/barrel on Monday (after a 7% rise last week) and are set to continue falling amid US-Iran talks.   March palm oil futures on Bursa Malaysia fell 0.7% to 4,213 ringgit/t or $1,070/t for the week, but are still at their highest level since October thanks to active exports to India . Malaysian palm oil exports in January rose 14.9-17.9%...

The weighted average purchase price of grains and oilseeds in Ukraine on CPT terminals, EXW elevators, CPT processors, FCA, CPT dollar, FOB, DAF, CIF Purchase prices in Ukraine  CPT terminal, UAH EXW elevators, UAH CPT processor, UAH FCA, UAH FCA, $ CPT terminal, $ FOB, $ DAF, $ CIF, $ Wheat mill offals6000 ↓ 250Mustard seeds36000Peas11300Buckwheat2700021500Coriander29250Corn997986988200 ↓ 280209220198 ↓ 1239Soybean hulls granulated150 ↑ 5Soybean meal14400320Sunflower...

According to analysts, as of January 30, soybeans were harvested in Brazil on 10% of the area (6% last year), and in the largest state - the soybean producer - on almost 25% of the area (12.2% last year, 12.6% on average over 5 years).   This year, the country's soybean acreage increased by 4% to a record 49.1 million hectares, which, against the backdrop of favorable weather throughout the season, allowed analysts to significantly increase harvest forecasts.   On...

In January, imports of vegetable oils to India decreased by 3.5% compared to December to 1.32 million tons, but the structure of purchases changed significantly - imports of palm oil increased to 51% due to reduced supplies of soybean and sunflower oil.   According to Reuters, in January the country reduced imports of sunflower oil by 23% to 269 thousand tons, and soybean oil by 45% to a 19-month low of 280 thousand tons due to increased demand for cheaper palm oil, imports of which...

Automotive exports in January were very weak and amounted to only 190 thousand tons, of which traditionally 90% were processed products - sunflower and soybean oil, meal and pulp. The share of cereals does not exceed 10% due to the ban on grain imports to neighboring EU countries and the active use of rail transport for deliveries to Italy. The largest export destinations remain Poland, Hungary and Romania. Despite the reduction in volumes, automotive exports remain critically important for the...

The weighted average purchase price of grains and oilseeds in Ukraine on CPT terminals, EXW elevators, CPT processors, FCA, CPT dollar, FOB, DAF, CIF Purchase prices in Ukraine  CPT terminal, UAH EXW elevators, UAH CPT processor, UAH FCA, UAH FCA, $ CPT terminal, $ FOB, $ DAF, $ CIF, $ Wheat mill offals6000 ↓ 250Mustard seeds36000Peas11300Buckwheat2700021500Coriander29250Corn997786988200 ↓ 8208199239Soybean hulls granulated150 ↑ 5Soybean meal320Sunflower oil...