13 January 2012 | Issue no: 72763
MAIN NEWS
- Output jitters in Ivory Coast could signal new direction in cocoa price
- USDA figures bearish across the board
- Brazil development bank to loan funds for cane renewal
- Cloves prices dip but fundamentals said to be intact
- Japan will continue to buy from Europe if it offers cheap maize
- Cargill to change in face of weak results
EDITORIAL
COUNTRY PROFILE
FEATURE
INTERVIEW
SOFTS
- China considers stockpiling domestic sugar to lift prices
- Indonesia signals no need for rush on sugar imports
- India extends its deadline for exports
- Agency expects to see new high for Brazil’s coffee crop
- Australia nears record coffee imports
- Brazil ups cocoa powder exports as demand shifts
- Kenyan tea producers count losses from severe cold snap
- Bangladesh adds protective duty on tea imports
- Indian tea exports lifted by improved Middle East interest
GRAINS & FEEDS
- India dominates rice market by lowering prices even further
- Brazil ends year with strong soyameal export pace
- Canada’s markets could take years to settle down
OILS & OILSEEDS
- Maize will dictate oilseeds market during first quarter
- China takes less soya in 2011 as stocks released
- Rapeseed crop in Ukraine set to fall
MINORS
- EC looks to maintain honey trade with solution to ruling
- Brazil boosts overseas sales of pepper
- TMO sales move suggests potential for more liquidity
- Severe dryness causes concern for Argentina’s peanuts
- Feeling that price of cashew could drift downwards
- Slow exports unnerve some Turkish apricot exporters
- South African raisin crop may decline
COMPANY
- Imperial could sell assets as it staves off a collapse
- Cargill overhauls US soya crushing during tough time
- Barry Callebaut develops nut business
- China’s Sinograin moves into edible oils
- Companies in Brief
MARKETS REVIEW
TRADING & BIOFUELS
- Canadian trade keen to try out new futures
- Ethanol will be key destination for maize in US for many years
- Lack of suitable biofuel grounds green test flights
WEATHER & FREIGHT
- Rain benefits Argentine maize and soya but more is needed
- Arid conditions put stress on soya
- South African maize faces problems
- Milder weather to melt snow in US
- CWB sees boost in winter rail volumes
- Losses in crude curbed by Nigerian strike action
