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The weighted average purchase price of grains and oilseeds in Ukraine on CPT terminals, EXW elevators, CPT processors, FCA, CPT dollar, FOB, DAF, CIF Markets in Ukraine are expecting a massive harvest and more detailed yield data, so prices remain unchanged for now. Global vegetable oil prices have also shifted from pressure from falling oil prices to data on real demand, which remains weak, although demand for cheap palm oil is strengthening somewhat. Analysts continue to raise forecasts...

Oil prices have stabilized, so vegetable oil markets are responding mainly to demand data. Palm and soybean oil prices are rising as India increases imports of cheap oil.   August palm oil futures on the Bursa Malaysia exchange rose 2.4% to MYR 4,062/t or $961/t (-1% in two weeks) on the back of increased demand.   India sharply increased palm oil imports to an 11-month high in June, thanks to falling domestic stocks and a big discount in price compared to soybean and...

US agricultural markets remain under pressure from expectations of a good harvest in the new season and uncertainty over exports to China, which has vowed to limit purchases of US soybeans and corn after Trump imposed steep tariffs. Traders reacted positively to the additional export prospects linked to the Vietnam deal and intensified speculative buying ahead of the long US Independence Day weekend on Friday.   Yesterday, Trump announced a "trade deal" with Vietnam, which...

In Ukraine, during the operation of the agricultural land market (since July 2021), almost 371.3 thousand land purchase and sale agreements were concluded for a total area of 832.4 thousand hectares, KSE Agrocenter experts report in an analytical review of the Ukrainian land market, prepared jointly with the USAID Agrarian and Rural Development Program (AGRO).   "The average monthly cost of a hectare in 2023 was 37.1 thousand UAH, in 2024 it increased by 19.4% to 44.3 thousand...

The weighted average purchase price of grains and oilseeds in Ukraine on CPT terminals, EXW elevators, CPT processors, FCA, CPT dollar, FOB, DAF, CIF Grain export results for the 2024/25 season show that increased grain production in importing countries is significantly reducing exports from exporting countries. Demand is also expected to be low in the new season, so no increase in export rates or prices should be expected. Rapeseed prices in Ukraine have started to decline following the fall...

The prolonged decline in rapeseed quotations in Paris began to put pressure on export rapeseed demand prices in Ukraine, which, after a staggering 10% increase in a month and reaching the level of $550/t, began to decline.   Export demand prices for rapeseed in Ukraine have dropped to $530-540/t or UAH 24,500-25,500/t with delivery to ports, but the strengthening of the dollar against the hryvnia supports hryvnia prices at a high level.   A 12% drop in oil prices in two...

Kyiv and Brussels have agreed to revise the free trade agreement, which is part of the broader association agreement with Ukraine, European Commissioner for Trade Maroš Šefčovič said.   Some goods will be exempt from duty, while others will be divided into categories - for "less sensitive" products, quotas will be increased more, and for "more sensitive" ones (such as sugar, poultry, eggs, wheat, corn, honey, skimmed milk powder, malt, gluten,...

According to the State Customs Service, in the 2024/25 MY, Ukraine exported 40.499 million tons of grain and leguminous crops, in particular in June - 2.217 million tons, while in the 2023/24 MY, 50.553 million tons of grain were exported, of which in June - 3.621 million tons.   Thus, in the 2024/25 MY, the export of the following crops decreased (compared to the previous season): wheat – from 18.3 to 15.704 million tons, barley – from 2.477 to 2.318 million...