U.S. Soy Export Sales Highlights Today’s USDA export sales highlights confirmed the week ending 6 August was a fantastic one for exporters of U.S. soybeans and a good one for export sales of U.S. soymeal. The large sales and exports of soybeans of last week have been followed by additional large sales in the current week. Net soybean export sales last week for shipment in 2019/20 totaled 570,100 MT. Sales for shipment in 2020/21 totaled 2,839,400 MT. The sales for shipment in 2019/20 were for China (420,500), the Netherlands (144,300 MT), Japan (64,500 MT), Egypt (49,600 MT), and Taiwan (20,300 MT).Those sales were partially offset by reduction for unknown destinations of 191,000 MT. The sales for shipment in 2020/21 mainly were for...
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...
From WPI Consulting
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.