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Flash

The 3-4 page FLASH is published daily from Tuesday to Friday and is circulated by e-mail. The report gives daily analyses, daily prices, forecasts and opinion on the pertinent market topics of today and tomorrow. It serves the world’s oilseed, oil and feed industries and other market participants with reliable and unbiased information.

SAMPLE

Tuesday April 30

The following are the headlines of the respective FLASH report.

The full report (3-4 pages) is available either on a subscription basis (by e-mail) or can be purchased and downloaded individually.

  • Soybean crushers and soya meal exporters in Brazil and to some extent in the U.S.A. will benefit from supply disruptions in Argentina if current strikes there become more widespread and last longer.…

  • Sharply lower shipments to China reduced US soybean export inspections to only 250 Thd T in the week to Apr 25 (a marketing-year low and down 39% from a year earlier).…

  • Canola crushings recovered to 961 Thd T in March, up 4% from a year earlier and a new high for the month...Record Canadian canola oil output not only set the stage for a sizeable increase in exports so far this season but also boosted domestic consumption, primarily in biodiesel... More details in the FLASH.…

  • Exports of sunflower meal from Tanzania increased to a new high in Jan/Dec 2023… Tanzania, production and processing of sunseed have been promoted in recent years in order to reduce vegetable oil import requirements...

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Thursday April 25

The following are the headlines of the respective FLASH report.

The full report (3-4 pages) is available either on a subscription basis (by e-mail) or can be purchased and downloaded individually.

  • Dryness and soil moisture shortages in the Canadian Prairies and parts of Australia (primarily Western Australia) ahead of this year’s spring planting campaign is reason for concern.…

  • Palm oil has improved its competitiveness following the sharp decline in prices by US-$ 70-95 since April 4. We expect world production to rise above a year earlier in April/June, following a year-on-year decline in Jan/March...

  • Brazilian production of biodiesel increased steeply by 36% on the year to 1.75 Mn T in Jan/March 2024. Demand for soya oil as a feedstock increased by even 50%, due to insufficient supplies of other oils & fats ...

  • In Jan/March 2024 world exports of soya meal were boosted by 3.2 Mn T from a year earlier to a record 17.7 Mn T. The biggest increases were registered in ...

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Wednesday April 24

The following are the headlines of the respective FLASH report.

The full report (3-4 pages) is available either on a subscription basis (by e-mail) or can be purchased and downloaded individually.

  • World exports of sunflower oil have peaked and have started to decline seasonally and will be falling below the year-ago level from June onward, which has already started to be reflected in a strengthening of sun oil prices relative to soya oil and palm oil with details in the FLASH report...

  • In Brazil export activity is running full steam at the moment, with soybeans and soya meal the key commodities, while the USA is losing market share...

  • The prospective tightening of EU rapeseed supplies shaping up in 2024/25 is not yet reflected in new-crop prices, while Canadian canola futures are appreciating on weather and crop concern..

  • On the European market, soya oil prices have regained competitiveness in recent weeks. In the FLASH we give an update on vegetable oil imports and exports..

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Tuesday April 23

The following are the headlines of the respective FLASH report.

The full report (3-4 pages) is available either on a subscription basis (by e-mail) or can be purchased and downloaded individually.

  • We estimate total Chinese soybean imports at 47.4 Mn T in Oct/March 2023/24, which is 5.9 Mn T above the reported imports. In the FLASH we explain why…

  • Brazilian soybean crushings and exports exceeding expectations in April…

  • Chinese imports of vegetable oils as well as exports of biodiesel and UCO lower than expected in March…

  • In Argentina crushings of soybeans as well as exports of soya oil and meal increased sharply in March…

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