WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS, April 4 – 11, 2025

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- Tariff uncertainty and geopolitical rifts (e.g. US-EU trade tensions) could reshape trade flows, pricing, and competitiveness
- Geopolitics louder than weather – ahead of harvest, the biggest unknown is tariffs and trade war rhetoric. Markets frozen mid-April as traders await the next move
- Vegetable oils end last week in red – palm oil leads the decline. SFO premium still wide, but cracks are showing
- Weather remains a wildcard, especially for Eastern Europe and russia
- Currency strength, particularly in russia and Poland, could weigh on export further into 2025
- Winter and early spring crops are in ‘satisfactory’ condition. Market already pricing in a “good-enough” crop. However, is it really no room for surprises?
- Weather delays spring sowing – wet fields, slow machines. Soy and SFS pace trails last year. Risk of late planting builds in the Black Sea & Danube region
- Black Sea & Danube: Early 2025 harvest expected to pressure prices mid-May
- Grain prices fluctuations in Ukrainian ports – low supply keeps the market afloat, but for how long?
- Domestic oilseed prices firm – stable, but vulnerable. Processors sitting on stocks.
- Romanian early harvest could give it a competitive export advantage, especially amid tariff uncertainty
- Rapeseed hurt by April frost
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