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En Ukraine, les négociants tentent d’exporter les céréales par train. Le ministre de l’Agriculture ukrainien a annoncé que le maximum serait fait pour commencer les prochains ensemencements, d’abord et en priorité en céréales. Il estime que le pays a suffisamment de stocks de céréales (blé et maïs) pour tenir presque un an et d’huile de tournesol (l’équivalent de 5 années).
L’Argentine suspend les ventes à l’export d’huile et de tourteaux de soja. La demande devrait se reporter sur l’origine brésilienne ou américaine.
Au Brésil, le ministère de l’Agriculture souhaite réduire les importations d’engrais à 45% d’ici 2050 contre 85% actuellement.
Nouvelle session de négociations entre Kiev et Moscou. Déclarations optimistes des deux camps malgré la poursuite des combats.
Traders are trying to arrange the export of Ukrainian-origin grain by train through western Ukraine’s borders, but the export capacities are very limited according APK-Inform.
Ukraine plans to start sowing spring grains in the coming days. Farmers were likely to reduce areas sown to sunseed, rapeseed and corn this year, replacing them with cereals – buckwheat, oats and millet. The country has enough grain in stocks to ensure the population has enough bread, agriculture minister said. The country, which consumes 8 million tons of wheat a year, had 6 million tons in stocks. Stocks also include 15 million tons of corn and a five year supply of sunflower oil.
Argentina has halted registration of export sales of soy oil and meal. It will steer importers toward the United States and Brazil for replacement supplies.
Brazil agriculture ministry says fertilizer plan aims to lower dependence on imports to 45% by 2050 from current 85%.
Crude oil prices extended last week’s decline after a U.S. official said Russia was showing signs it might be willing to have substantive negotiations over Ukraine.
