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Export restrictions to have little impact on wheat prices?

We believe that fears of a reduction in wheat exports from the Black Sea region are overdone. We do not think that an outright ban is likely either from Russia or Ukraine. Any other forms of export restrictions are unlikely to be imposed until next year when we expect the global market to be well supplied with harvests from elsewhere. As a result, the impact of these restrictions would be minimal.

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