Russian Grain Markets: 11-15 July 2022 While the world is watching several rounds of negotiations focused on unblocking Ukrainian Black Sea ports, Russia continues exporting grain on business-as-usual terms predominantly to “friendly” countries including Iran, Egypt, Turkey, Syria, Sudan, Nigeria, and Algeria. Since the issue of unblocking ports is of international value the U.S., and particularly the U.S. Treasury Department, announced that banks, insurance companies, and freight forwarding companies will have restrictions when dealing with Russian exports of grains and fertilizers. This allows Russia to remain a monopoly in the Black Sea for the moment, both in terms of price and volume, as Russia has no rivals. Russia&rsqu...
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