maize harvest: New crop arrival begins to construct strain on Maize costs

Maize costs within the benchmark market of Chhindwara misplaced by over 11 per cent month-to-date and round 9 per cent week on week (WoW), due to the nice climate, which boosted the harvest tempo and the brand new crop arrivals picked up.

Because the market resumed post-Diwali holidays on October 27, the maize costs in Chhindwara traded down by Rs 150 per quintal to Rs 2,100 per quintal. The autumn in costs was as per our expectation and hit our short-term goal of Rs 2,100 as talked about in our latest weekly report.

Maize costs would proceed the downward journey and will additional appropriate to Rs 1,900 within the upcoming days. Costs would commerce weak except it’s buying and selling beneath the pattern reversal level of Rs 2,239.

The demand from the poultry feed trade remained hand-to-mouth previously few months because the merchants and feed millers had been ready for the brand new crop harvest to select tempo and downward correction within the costs. Therefore, with a fall within the costs, they’d begin their shopping for actions within the coming days.

The climate remained beneficial for farmers to proceed the harvest actions previously few days. Additionally, the forecast for the following 5 days stays supportive for harvest, which might improve the brand new crop arrivals out there.

The brand new maize crop arrivals in India from Oct 1 to 27, 2022, had been 297 KMT, down 34.4% from the identical interval final 12 months. The state-wise breakup of arrivals are as follows – Madhya Pradesh 123 KMT (-53.7% YoY), Maharashtra 37 KMT (-19.8% YoY), Rajasthan 29 KMT (+2.24% YoY), Karnataka 17 KMT (-39.5% YoY) and Telangana 18 KMT (-22% YoY).

The arrivals had been delayed this 12 months because of the unseasonal rains in October. Therefore, new crop arrivals would improve in November, which might construct strain on maize costs within the quick to medium time period.

Supply: Agmarknet

Kharif maize manufacturing estimate 2022-23

In our preliminary estimates, we projected maize manufacturing at 21.95 million MT, which is larger by 1% than the earlier 12 months’s variety of 21.77 million MT.

Maize acreage is estimated flat to final 12 months whereas yield is projected to achieve by 1% from the earlier 12 months given the acceptable climate situations in the important thing maize-producing states this 12 months. Increased manufacturing in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan will offset the manufacturing loss from Karnataka.

In the meantime, the rabi maize sowing progress is within the preliminary phases. Sowing began in a number of districts of Karnataka, Maharashtra, West Bengal, and Tamil Nadu.

General sowing stood at 0.65 lakh Ha in opposition to 0.43 lakh Ha throughout the identical interval final 12 months. Sowing would choose tempo in the important thing producing areas within the upcoming days. The soil moisture degree stays optimum throughout the key-producing states which might enhance the rabi maize sowing.

The maize exports throughout 2021-22 (October-21 to August-22) had been 33.1 lakh MT, down 5% YoY. The foremost export origins are Bangladesh 17.24 lakh MT (+3.27 lakh MT YoY), Vietnam 7.17 lakh MT (-3.84 Lakh MT YoY), Nepal 4.60 lakh MT (-0.89 lakh MT YoY and Malaysia 2.11 lakh MT (-0.41 lakh MT YoY).

With additional correction within the home maize costs amid agency international corn costs, India would flip aggressive for exports to the South-east Asian nations. Export demand would additionally improve from the neighbouring international locations of Bangladesh and Nepal.

Supply: DGFT

Supply: DGFT

(The creator is Senior Supervisor (Commodity Analysis), Origo Commodities)

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