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Russian wheat up slightly with weaker rouble

19 октября 2022 года

MOSCOW, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Russian wheat prices rose slightly last week amid weakening of the rouble against the dollar RU/RUB and limited supply offers from the domestic market, analysts said on Monday.

Russian wheat prices rose slightly last week amid weakening of the rouble against the dollar RU/RUB and limited supply offers from the domestic market, analysts said on Monday.

Russian prices for wheat with 12.5% protein content and for supply from Black Sea ports were at $327 per tonne free on board (FOB) at the end of last week, up $2 from a week earlier, IKAR agriculture consultancy said in a note.

Russia kept grain exports steady at 900,000 tonnes last week, fellow consultancy Sovecon said, citing port data. It sees wheat prices for immediate delivery at $324-328 per tonne compared to $318-322 a week ago.

In the domestic market, "the supply of wheat is relatively limited, farmers prefer to sell feed wheat and gradually increase offers," Sovecon added.

Farmers have sped up winter grain sowing in Russia last week: they have already planted them on 11.6 million hectares compared to 12.3 million hectares around the same date a year ago. The sowing still lags in the central region, Sovecon said.

Other Russian data provided by Sovecon and IKAR:

Product:	Price at the end of last week:	Change from week earlier
- Domestic 3rd class wheat, European part of Russia, excludes delivery (Sovecon)	12,625 rbls/t ($202.7)	+75 rbls
- Sunflower seeds (Sovecon)	22,100 rbls/t	-400 rbls
- Domestic sunflower oil (Sovecon)	73,325 rbls/t	unchanged
- Domestic soybeans (Sovecon)	30,675 rbls/t	-1,000 rbls
- Export sunflower oil (Sovecon)	$1,240/t	+$20
- Export sunflower oil (*IKAR*)	$1,130/t	+$50
- White sugar, Russia's south (*IKAR*)	$871.4/t	-$78

Harvesting data provided by Sovecon as of October 13:

	All grains:	Wheat	Barley	Corn	Sunseeds
Crop, mln tonnes	146.1	103.7	24.2	3.9	5.6
Crop, as of same date in 2021	112.3	76.5	18.5	5.9	10.4
Yield, tonnes/hectare	3.33	3.59	3.08	5.98	1.80
Yield, as of same date in 2021	2.65	2.81	2.38	4.95	1.62
Harvested area, mln hectares	43.9	28.9	7.9	0.7	3.1
Harvested area, as of same date in 2021	42.4	27.2	7.8	1.2	6.4