Category: Prices

Structural shift: NCE launches two-way anonymous spot trading for Class 4 wheat (12.5% protein) with delivery to Novorossiysk terminals. Improved access: Over 30 major exporters and producers connected, with streamlined 48-hour onboarding for new participants. Logistics clarity: Separate order books for rail (70-tonne) and truck (30-tonne) lots under CPT Novorossiysk (KSK, NZT, NKHP). Market impact:…

Bearish sunflower oil Black Sea: FOB Black Sea prices fell $30.00/t to $1,370.00/t, reversing recent gains and signaling potential supply pressure. Divergent soybean complex: FOB Brazil soybean oil dropped sharply, while US CBOT saw modest losses and EU prices hit records, creating regional arbitrage opportunities. Palm oil strength: Palm oil and palm kernel oil FOB…

Asset Reauctioned: Bashselkhoztekhnika, a major agro-industrial holding in Bashkortostan, is back on the auction block with a starting price of ₽738.9 million. Diversified Operations: The company spans agricultural machinery wholesale, grain and oilseed cultivation, and crop production services with extensive warehouse and land assets. Key Dates: Bid submissions are open until February 10, with auction…

Privatization Relaunch: Bashkortostan has re-listed 100% of Bashselkhoztekhnika LLC with a starting price of 738.914 million rubles after a failed December 2025 auction. Sector Focus: The company operates in agricultural machinery wholesale, grain cultivation, and crop services, with 30,600 sqm of industrial and service facilities. Investor Sentiment: The first failed auction highlights weak demand for…

Sunflower oil rally: Black Sea sunflower oil surged $30.00/t to a record $1,420.00/t, driven by strong Indian demand and tight supply. Mixed soy complex: Soybean oil and soybean prices mostly firmed, but soybean meal showed sharp regional divergence, with EU prices falling and China strengthening. Pressure on rapeseed & palm: Rapeseed oil FOB Netherlands fell…

Bearish for prices: Socially significant “first price” food products in Russia fell 9.3% year-on-year in December 2025, with borscht vegetables down 28% and broad declines across grains and sugar. Margin pressure: Retailers sold seven key categories below cost, including sunflower oil at a -1.8% markup and deep losses on carrots and white cabbage, reflecting policy-driven…

Bullish: Black Sea sunflower oil and rapeseed rally on record-high benchmarks and firm vegetable oil complex. Bearish: Soybean meal and broader meal complex weaken on softer livestock feed demand. Sunflower Oil Surges to Record High Sunflower oil FOB Black Sea jumped $100.00/t on January 13, 2026, reaching $1,390.00/t versus $1,290.00/t in the prior session. This…

Exchange volumes doubled: Russian mineral fertilizer trading on the St. Petersburg Exchange jumped to 294,000 tons in 2025, up 101% from 146,000 tons in 2024. Ammonium nitrate leads demand: Ammonium nitrate accounts for more than one-third of exchange sales, with urea-ammoniac mixtures and nitrogen-phosphorus fertilizers following. Price caps unchanged: Maximum fertilizer prices remain fixed at…

Bullish: Global vegetable oils rallied, led by a record high in sunflower oil FOB Black Sea at $1,240/t and strong gains in palm and soybean oils. Bearish/Neutral: Soybean and rapeseed complexes showed weakness or mixed moves, with US soybeans, soybean meal, and MATIF rapeseed under pressure. Global Vegetable Oils Rally as Sunflower Oil FOB Black…

Bullish: Soybean oil and soybean meal prices strengthened across Brazil, the US, EU, and China, with Dalian China soybeans and FOB Brazil soybean oil posting the largest gains, signaling robust demand in the broader oilseed complex. Bearish: Sunflower oil FOB Black Sea and sunflower meal CIF France both declined, pointing to pressure on Black Sea…