Brazil’s Soybean Demand in CY 2018 Last week Oil World published soybean usage data for Brazil in CY 2018, which showed it consumed or exported more than it produced that year. This suggests either that crop was larger than estimated, or the country had more available stocks on 1 January 2018 than believed. According to this data, Brazil exported 83.005 MMT of soybeans in CY 2018, up from 68.155 MT the previous year. It also indicated Brazil consumed 16.881 MMT of soymeal and exported 16.877 MMT. This suggests approximately 42.73 MMT of soybeans were crushed domestically. If 2.55 MMT of soybeans for seed are added in, Brazil’s soybean usage last year totaled 128.285 MMT. Oil World estimates Brazil’s 2018 soybean crop at...
Key Market Insights The broad market is locked in on this week’s Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, but this is no longer just a trade summit. Increasingly, the meeting is becoming tied directly to Iran, energy security, and the growing global economic fallout from disruptions through the Strai...
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