Ethanol Production Up; Prices Nose-Dive As noted in earlier reports, India’s sugar production in sugar year 2017/18 (November-October) is expected to reach 32 MMT, and that is having an effect on ethanol production. The latter is now expected to total 3.11 billion liters (0.822 billion gallons), much higher than last year’s 2.3 billion liters (0.608 billion gallons). While 1.6 billion liters (0.423 billion gallons) are committed to the Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) for fuel blending, the potable alcohol sector will receive its requirerment of 1.15 billion liters (0.304 billion gallons). The industrial sector’s demand is 0.72 billion liters (0.190 billion gallons), and 48.6 percent or 0.35 billion liters (0.0925 bil...
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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Infrastructure investment due diligence
On behalf of a Canadian oilseed processer WPI's team provided market analysis, econometric modeling and financial due diligence in support of a $24 million-dollar investment in a Ukrainian crush plant. Consistent with WPI's findings, local production to supply the plant and the facility's output have expanded exponentially since the investment. WPI has conducted parallel work on behalf of U.S., South American and European clients, both private and public, in the agri-food space.