By: Marika De Vincenzi, Elisa Donegatti, Mirco De Vincenzi, Ester Venturelli The slowdown of the Chinese economy has reached such a level that it has prompted the Chinese Central Bank to decide to lower interest rates with the aim of…
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India and its agrifood markets | new CLAL analysis
India, with an agricultural area that barely surpasses that of EU-27, faced the challenge of feeding over one billion four hundred thousand people by increasing its agri-food production. During this process, India became the World Largest producer of Milk (cow…
China: Increasing Demand for Grains
By: Elisa Donegatti and Ester Venturelli Since September 2023, China has accelerated its purchases in the grain markets (+26.3% from January to April 2024). Although this growth involves various products, two stand out in particular: Barley and Sorghum. Imports of…
The explosive force of the Brazilian exports
By: Marika De Vincenzi, Elisa Donegatti, and Ester Venturelli In the last two agricultural years, Brazil has produced high quantities of Cereals and Oilseeds, especially Corn and Soybeans. The abundance of these products has kept Brazilian prices competitive compared to…
Cereals stand out in a weak Chinese agri-food import
di: Elisa Donegatti, Mirco De Vincenzi, Ester Venturelli During the first trimester of 2024, China increased imports of Cereals by 25,9% compared to the same period of 2023, recording the record over the last four years. Barley demand, that changed…
Cheeses lead the recovery of US exports
Authors: Mirco De Vincenzi, Elisa Donegatti, Ester Venturelli For US dairy exports, February 2024 marked the first month with a positive change compared to the same month in 2023, after a year of negative variations. The recovery has been led…
Posted in Dairy export, United States
Rice: India faces climate effects
By: Elisa Donegatti and Ester Venturelli India is the second world producer of Rice, following China, with 132 Mio Ton in the 2023-24 season, according to USDA estimates. With a self-sufficiency of 112%, it is the first world Rice exporter…
Corn and Soybean: the race between the US and Brazil
By: Ester Venturelli and Elisa Donegatti For years Corn and Soy global export has been mainly led by two countries: the US and Brazil. The perspectives of these two countries, however, are different: while the US are close to their…
India turns to import to reply at dairy demand
Di: Ester Venturelli India is the main milk producer in the world. Nevertheless, domestic production is generally equal to consumption and the Country has a self-sufficiency of about 100%. This year, though, we could observe dynamics that are very different…
Posted in Dairy View EN, India
Rising Soybean local prices and production in China
With over 66 million tonnes of Cereals and over 102 million tonnes of Oilseeds imported in 2021, China is the largest importing country in the world. Furthermore, China holds 68% of the world Corn stocks, 36% of the Soybean stocks…
