With 27 MMT of exports, the EU wheat carryout stocks will be significantly tighter than last year. However, Western Europe's crop seems to be developing faster this year due to favorable weather. Milling Wheat The Black Sea market remained mostly unchanged last week with limited offers and little demand. The Ukrainian and Russian new crop is developing under generally favorable weather conditions and offered at about $15/MT lower than the old crop.Last Friday, Egypt's GASC purchased 55,000 MT of Russian, 120,000 MT of Romanian and 55,000 MT of Ukrainian wheat at prices equivalent to around $300/MT CNF Egypt. The prices were $5-10/MT lower compared with the cost of the offered levels in the FOB market. French wheat was offered around $13/M...
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