Archive for the January 1, 2019
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Russia's agriculture ministry lifted its forecast for 2018/19 grain exports to 42 million tonnes at its routine Friday meeting with major traders, who interpreted it as another sign that the risk of export curbs is
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Cotton market ended year on lethargic mood on Monday as most of the participants were on the sidelines due to lack of fresh leads, dealers said. The official spot rate was unchanged at Rs 8,800,
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Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures ended the week higher on technical buying and short covering, as a rally in soybeans helped boost prices across the grains complex, traders said. CBOT March soft red winter
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The volume of Ukrainian grain already exported and prepared for export has reached 23.1 million tonnes so far in the 2018/2019 season, against 21 million by the same point in the previous season, Ukraine's state
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On Friday at Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited, PMEX Commodity Index closed at 3,533. The traded value of Metals, Energy and COTS/FX was recorded at PKR 15.156 billion and the number of lots traded 18,430. Major
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Imports of Iranian crude oil by major buyers in Asia hit their lowest in more than five years in November as US sanctions on Iran's oil exports took effect last month, government and ship-tracking data
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Taiwan's feed industry procurement association MFIG purchased up to 65,000 tonnes of corn which can be sourced optionally from the United States or Brazil in an international tender on Friday, European traders said. The precise
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European wheat prices were little changed on Friday as the market lacked direction in quiet holiday trading. Benchmark March milling wheat on Paris-based Euronext, was unchanged by 1600 GMT at 203.25 euros a tonne. "Activity
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Crushing in Brazil's main sugarcane producing region for the 2019-20 season should roughly match this year's production, as planted area shrinks but yields improve, analysts said on Thursday. For the current 2018-19 season, which ends
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The Karachi Port handled 107,649 tonnes of cargo comprising 54,898 tonnes of import cargo and 52,751 tonnes of export cargo including 3,263 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours
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