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October 2001 Edition

Stocks Drop Among
Major Wheat Exporters
But Smaller Players' Exports Soar

Two graphs: Major Exporters' Stocks (left) and Exports of Minor Suppliers (right)

Smaller aggregate wheat production among the major exporters (United States, Canada, Australia, Argentina, and EU) is forecast to cause their ending stocks to fall to the lowest level in five years. Historically there has been a strong inverse relationship between stocks held by these exporters and global prices. However, this relationship has been muted by the unusually abundant supplies of cheap wheat available from countries that have not been traditional large exporters. These countries are led by Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Hungary, which have bigger crops and India, which has large carryin stocks.


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