WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS, March 8 – 14, 2025

Details about the reports:

Black Sea & Danube Grain Report: https://ukragroconsult.com/en/publication/black-sea-danube-grain-report/

Black Sea & Danube Oilseed report: https://ukragroconsult.com/en/publication/black-sea-danube_vegoil-report/

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• The traditional end to the tariff war is likely – negotiations, mutual concessions, agreements – but the consequences will depend on how quickly the traditions are in place
• Black Sea & Danube countries: Falling 2024/25 grain exports
• Global 2024/25 corn stocks are expected to be the lowest in 10 years – USDA
• Winter crops in good condition, while moisture for spring crops is currently alarming
• Planting has begun in Ukraine, Romania and russia. Moisture deficits pose the main risks to the 2025 harvest
• Rapeseed market under tariff attack
• March sunflower oil and meal exports are increasing
• History repeats? Market changes are inevitable due to tariff wars
• A warm winter without extreme frosts helped crops in Ukraine, russia, Romania and Bulgaria
• Romania and Bulgaria bet on winter grains after severe 2024 drought – will expectations be met?
• russia needs to modernize more than half of its grain storage facilities
• US tariffs on Canadian goods increase pressure on global canola market. China will impose 100% tariffs on Canadian canola oil and meal from March 20
• Romanian imports of Ukrainian sunflower oil are record high in 2024/25
• Farmers continue to hold back on oilseed sales

Tags: Danube region, Bulgaria, corn, grain, Romania, Canada, US, Black Sea region, Ukraine, wheat, Russia, rapeseed, China, stocks, sunflower oil