CEPM Corn Market n°205 WORLD : Steady prices in Chicago From 31/01 to 07/02, the March prices gained $0.9 /t Chicago to reach $151/t. Ethanol production is up by 5% compared to the previous week and stocks are down by 3%. Export figures are also up with 1.3 Mt of export sales last week. US maize is regaining competitiveness… Read more » Download
CEPM Corn Market n°204 WORLD: Coronavirus impacts global prices From 24/01 to 31/01, the March prices lost $2.4/t in Chicago to reach $150/t. Despite good export sales last week (1.2 Mt), the maize market experienced a sharp decline. Indeed, like all stock markets, and particularly commodity markets, it is impacted by the outbreak of the coronavirus epidemic in China…. Read more » Download
CEPM Corn Market 202 WORLD: Disappointment following the China-USA agreement From 10 to 17 January, prices for the March maturity in Chicago remained stable at around $153/t. This is masking the strong variability of prices at the end of the week, following the signing of the China-US trade agreement and the presentation of its content, which was considered disappointing… Read more » Download
CEPM Corn Market n°200 WORLD: Iranian-American conflic From 27/12/19 to 03/01/20, the Chicago March maturity lost $1.4/T to reach $152/T. The growing tensions between the United States and Iran are worrying operators because of the threats they pose to world trade and energy supplies. In addition, US exports have remained at low levels in recent weeks. Weekly figures for… Read more » Download
CEPM Corn Market n°199 WORLD : Agreement announced between China and the United States From 6/12 to 13/12, the Chicago March maturity gained $1.3/T to reach $150/T. This increase was particularly significant towards the end of the week. Indeed, weekly export figures were better than expected with 874 Kt exported vs 800 Kt expected. In addition, Mexico purchased 1.6… Read more » Download