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in more than 100 countries with comprehensive, unbiased and authoritative forecasts, analyses, facts, figures, prices and opinion.

Flash

The 3-4 page FLASH is published daily from Tuesday to Friday and is circulated by e-mail. The report gives daily analyses, daily prices, forecasts and opinion on the pertinent market topics of today and tomorrow. It serves the world’s oilseed, oil and feed industries and other market participants with reliable and unbiased information.

SAMPLE

Thursday May 8

The following are the headlines of the respective FLASH report.

The full report (3-4 pages) is available either on a subscription basis (by e-mail) or can be purchased and downloaded individually.

  • Soybean futures declined on the CBOT this week due to favourable US planting progress and increased fund selling, linked to ongoing concern about lack of Chinese purchases …

  • Brazil boosted soybean exports to China to a record 21.9 Mn T in March and April combined, 3.1 Mn T more than a year earlier. Brazilian exports are likely to stay at a very high level also in May and June.…

  • Diminishing old-crop supplies sparked a rally in linseed prices in the past 8 weeks, defying the setback in most other commodities. The shortage is particularly severe in the EU…

  • Developments in the US biodiesel sector continue to have significant repercussions on global trade flows of tallow & greases. Latest exports of the 7 major countries in the FLASH…

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Wednesday May 7

The following are the headlines of the respective FLASH report.

The full report (3-4 pages) is available either on a subscription basis (by e-mail) or can be purchased and downloaded individually.

  • Palm oil is “buying demand” on the world market at current price discounts vis-à-vis other edible oils, as we point out in the FLASH, where we also discuss potential developments which will limit additional price losses…

  • World exports of rapeseed & canola were very high again in Jan/March 2025 and reached a new record in July/March 2024/25, mainly due to much larger imports of the European Union and China…

  • The steep decline in the consumption of biodiesel and renewable diesel in the USA and much lower US import requirements contributed to the price decline of oils & fats on the world market during the past 4 months…

  • Increasing Canadian exports of canola oil & meal in March...

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Tuesday May 6

The following are the headlines of the respective FLASH report.

The full report (3-4 pages) is available either on a subscription basis (by e-mail) or can be purchased and downloaded individually.

  • Palm oil prices have come under additional selling pressure on the Bursa Malaysia today and settled at an 8-month low, partly related to increasing production, stocks and export supplies in Indonesia and Malaysia…

  • Rapid US planting progress as well as spill-over weakness from global energy markets contributed to a setback in futures prices on the CBOT…

  • Uruguay: Soybean production and exports will reach new highs this year, with details in the FLASH…

  • Kazakhstan: Oilseed production is estimated to increase further next season following a shift to higher plantings at the expense of grains….

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Wednesday April 30

The following are the headlines of the respective FLASH report.

The full report (3-4 pages) is available either on a subscription basis (by e-mail) or can be purchased and downloaded individually.

  • Yesterday’s setback in soya oil futures on the CBOT as well as the reduction of the total tax burden on Indonesian palm oil exports for the month of May announced today pushed palm oil prices lower…

  • Repositioning and other technical factors resulted in unusually large price swings in European rapeseed futures in recent days.…The global rapeseed market is currently in a transition from relatively tight old-crop supplies to a more ample supply situation in 2025/26....

  • Russian rapeseed crushings increased by about 23% on the year to an estimated 1.02 Mn T in Jan/March on the back of considerably higher exports of rapeseed oil and meal to China.…

  • Turkish imports of sunflowerseed were boosted owing to a shortage of domestic supplies to almost 400 Thd T in Jan/March 2025, a record quarterly volume.…

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