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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 Jan 14

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.

  • The USDA surprised market participants with a 2.6 Mn T downward revision of this season’s soybean crop to 118.8 Mn T on Jan 10, sparking a rally in soybean prices on the CBOT.…But global fundamentals of soybeans remain bearish....

  • Harvesting is now expanding in Brazil, although it is about two weeks behind schedule, following delayed plantings.…Brazilian farmers have been very active sellers of soybeans during the past two days, taking advantage of the current high soybean prices in Chicago and the weakness of the Brazilian real...

  • Soya oil prices increased sharply during the past 3 trading days, reducing the premiums over Malaysian RBD palm olein.…

  • INDIA: Combined imports of the five major vegetable oils virtually stagnated at 1.2 Mn T in Dec. Imports of palm oil plunged by 38% on the year in December while those of soya oil more than quadrupled.…

  • Ukrainian crushings of sunflowerseed and rapeseed are declining sharply in December and January combined, reducing export supplies of the oil and meal ...

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Thursday Jan 9

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.

  • The price changes seen in recent months are partly foreshadowing developments shaping up in the further course of this season. Prices of Argen tine soya meal were 30% lower than a year earlier...

  •  Soybean exports of Brazil, the USA, Canada and Argentina increased slightly on the year to a combined 10.0 Mn T in December...

  • World exports of palm oil declined by approximately 1.0 Mn T on the year to 12.7 Mn T in Sept/Nov 2024...

  •  The pronounced increase in shipments to the EU-27 boosted total Australian canola exports to a 2-year high of 0.77 Mn T in Nov...

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Wednesday Jan 8

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.

  • The strong response of consumers to the attractive soya oil prices is leading to a quick absorption of the surplus in soya oil and eases the tightness in palm oil, resulting in converging price trends....

  • World exports of soya oil reached a record 4.8 Mn T in Sept/Dec 2024, 1.7 Mn T above a year earlier and 1.1 Mn T above Sept/Dec 2022....

  • US net imports of 17 oils & fats and UCO reached a in November, up 30% on the year. This occurred despite the erosion of US prices of oils & fats since September below those prevailing on the world market....

  • This season’s record Canadian soybean crop of 7.6 Mn T (up 0.6 Mn T) has boosted exports to a new high in recent months... Trade of selected commodities in the FLASH...

  • Indian exports of castor oil were boosted to a record in Jan/Dec 2024, about 12% more than a year earlier. Shipments to China soared to a new high of approximately 350 Thd T ....

 

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Tuesday Jan 7

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.

  • While this season's surplus in global soybean supplies will be less burdensome than initially thought, South American soybean output in 2025 is, from today's perspective, still likely to reach a record level…

  • Brazilian exports of soya meal exceeded expec tations at 1.98 Mn T in December (up 6%)…

  • US soya oil stocks recovered to a three month high of 0.73 Mn T as of end-Nov…

  • ARGENTINA:  Sharply higher soybean processing boosted production and exports of soya oil and meal in 2024…

  • Indonesian palm oil exports plummeted to an 8-year low of 22.1 Mn T in Jan/Nov 2024...

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