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Malaysia has set its crude palm oil (CPO) reference price for October at 3,839.10 ringgit ($898) per tonne, according to a circular issued by the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) on Tuesday September 17.
India’s government issued a flurry of changes to import duties, export prices, and stock levels in a late-night session that saw a raft of trade updates targeting vegetable oil imports, wheat stocks and both peas and rice, trade sources told Fastmarkets on Friday September 13.
Russia has raised its wheat export duty for September 18-24, after cutting it last week, and reduced its corn export duty, the country's agriculture ministry said in an official update on Friday September 13.
Traders in agricultural derivative instruments will have access to a raft of new “spread” futures contracts that could unlock new trading opportunities as two of the world’s biggest exchanges announced new products on Wednesday August 28.
Russia's sunmeal export tariff increased to its highest level since April, after declining for four months. Meanwhile, its sunoil export tariff will remain zero for September, the first month of the 2024/25 oilseed marketing year, an update from the agriculture ministry showed on Sunday August 25.
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The Ukrainian government has adopted a minimum export price policy resolution, but the policy may only come into force a few months later, Taras Vysotsky, Ukraine’s acting agrarian policy and food minister said during a weekly Trend and Hedge club meeting late on Wednesday August 21.
To support local farmers amid rising inflation, the Turkish government, announced local quotas for sunflower seeds and sunflower oil, which will allow buyers of local products to benefit from a discount on import duties on the two, Turkey-based sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday August 6.
The European Commission has confirmed that it has referred Belgium to the European Union’s Court of Justice after “failing to take sufficient action on nitrate pollution in the Flemish region,” according to a statement released on Thursday July 25.
The Russian government has changed its tax calculation formula on wheat exports, bringing it down significantly for the July 3-9 period, the country's Ministry of Agriculture said on Friday June 28.
The Ukrainian Grain Association (UGA), the trade lobby in state bodies, called on the Ukrainian government to suspend the minimum export price mechanism implementation amid concerns over potential negative effects, a note on the organization's website showed on Thursday June 20.