Last Friday Argie government published the elimination of export quotas for corn and wheat, which was somehow expected and already priced by that time.
The WHEAT is still under pressure, with the Brazilians in need of better quality than they could harvest and probably also to re build their stocks after the devastating storm in RGDS. So covering from both Argentina and Russia. Also in line with the recent rally of the RUS market, we saw an increase of ant 20 use/mt FOB Upriver, offered at $280 vs buyers on the $260´s.
The CORN seems to be moving at least in Argentina, hearing strong demand for Jun/Jly to Nth Africa (Algeria / Morocco) and to neighbors Perú and Chile.
Brazil cash premiums firming up.
The MEALS market is focused on June (although some sellers already finished their program for this month). Both the crush and the traders are covering June shorts with the farmer selling (not very big) of these days. There is still not much liquidity for the market to advance on July (the book in general looks quite open for this position). Premiums are firmer on the spot/June (around +20n) and stable on the JASO (+12/+16smn).
Current ARGIE LINE UPS:
SBM 2,2 M
CORN 1,8 M
SBNS 1,1 M
SBO 490K
BLY 270K
WHT 201K
SOR 150K