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Russian winter wheat planting progressed significantly during the week to Monday November 18, while the grain and oilseed harvest moved slowly, already reaching the final stages, according to data seen by Fastmarkets.
The progress of winter grain sowing in Ukraine increased by 2 percentage points in the week ended Monday November 18, reaching 98% complete with 5.06 million hectares sown out of the planned 5.18 million ha for the 2025/26 season, according to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food.
China imported 250,000 tonnes of corn in October, down from 310,000 tonnes in September, figures from the country’s General Administration of Customs (GACC) showed on Monday November 18.
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The Russian government raised its tax on wheat exports further for the November 20-26 period while lowering its rates for corn and barley, according to an update from the country’s agriculture ministry on Friday November 15.
Russia's weekly wheat exports from Black Sea ports fell by 65% to 429,271 tonnes in the week ended Thursday November 14, from 1.134 million tonnes a week earlier, Fastmarkets analytic data showed on Friday November 15.
Ukraine exported 949,000 tonnes of grains during the week ended November 14, up by 49,000 tonnes, or 5%, from 900,000 tonnes the previous week, according to data released by the country’s State Customs Service on Friday November 15.
Canada’s grain and oilseed exports totaled 1.54 million tonnes during the week to Sunday November 10, an increase of 271,900 tonnes (21%) from 1.27 million tonnes the previous week, according to data from the Canadian Grain Commission published on Friday November 15.
The French corn harvest advanced by 13 percentage points in the week to November 11, with 71% of the total planted area now harvested, according to the latest weekly report from the country’s farm office, FranceAgriMer, released on Friday November 15.
The Black Sea region is expected to experience unseasonably warm temperatures during the week beginning Thursday November 14, with highs reaching 25°C. This atypical warmth during late autumn could influence the development of winter wheat and barley crops, potentially affecting their dormancy and growth cycles.
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Just 30,000 tonnes of milling wheat were exported from the port of Rouen in the week to Wednesday November 13, according to data released by French port operator Haropa.
Concerns have been mounting over a potentially significant reduction in Russia’s grain export quota for the second half of the 2024/25 marketing year, as Russian grain exports continue at an almost record pace while production has dropped, sources told Fastmarkets.
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France's state-backed farm agency FranceAgriMer has further reduced its forecast for total wheat exports from France to 9.89 million tonnes from the previous forecast of 10.03 million tonnes, down by 40.5% from the 16.6 million tonnes exported in the 2023-2024 marketing year.
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The EU’s weekly wheat exports amounted to 223,323 tonnes in the week to Sunday November 10, according to initial data from the European Commission released on Tuesday November 12.
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The Ukrainian government has released the minimum export prices for a list of agricultural goods in an official document from the country’s Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food seen by Fastmarkets on Monday November 11.
The Russian corn harvest progressed by 5 percentage points to 87% of the total planned area in the week ended Monday November 11, according to data seen by Fastmarkets.