# Market Perspectives - August 30, 2018 - Page 9 of 11 - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council

> The U.S. Grains Council market perspectives report describes dry-bulk Baltic indices closing weaker with little willingness among physical freight buyers to pay up. It also notes that no grain container loads have gone to China for two months, with empty containers available for China at attractive rates.

- Date: 2018-08-30 · published 2018-08-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63426-market-perspectives-august-30-2018-page-9-of-11-u-s-grains-and-bioproducts
- Commodities: [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Stalled US grain container shipments to China reduce demand for US grain exports and weigh on freight and US grain export prices.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼
- DDGS: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bearish ▼
- OCEANFRT: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-08-31 | [Market Perspectives August 31, 2017 - Page 9 of 10 - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69349-market-perspectives-august-31-2017-page-9-of-10-u-s-grains-and-bioproducts.md) | +3.9% | +4.5% |
| CORN | 2020-08-27 | [Market Perspectives – August 27, 2020 - Page 7 of 10 - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51503-market-perspectives-august-27-2020-page-7-of-10-u-s-grains-and-bioproducts.md) | +1.6% | +7.0% |
| CORN | 2017-06-29 | [Market Perspectives June 29, 2017 - Page 9 of 10 - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70388-market-perspectives-june-29-2017-page-9-of-10-u-s-grains-and-bioproducts-council.md) | +5.9% | +3.9% |
| CORN | 2020-07-23 | [Market Perspectives – July 23, 2020 - Page 9 of 10 - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52018-market-perspectives-july-23-2020-page-9-of-10-u-s-grains-and-bioproducts-council.md) | -1.9% | +1.6% |
| CORN | 2016-11-17 | [Market Perspectives November 17, 2016 - Page 9 of 10 - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73778-market-perspectives-november-17-2016-page-9-of-10-u-s-grains-and-bioproducts.md) | +3.0% | +4.6% |
| SOY | 2017-08-31 | [Market Perspectives August 31, 2017 - Page 9 of 10 - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69349-market-perspectives-august-31-2017-page-9-of-10-u-s-grains-and-bioproducts.md) | +4.4% | +4.0% |
| SOY | 2024-03-14 | [Market Perspectives - March 14, 2024 - Page 6 of 9 - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31093-market-perspectives-march-14-2024-page-6-of-9-u-s-grains-and-bioproducts-council.md) | +2.3% | -1.9% |
| SOY | 2016-11-17 | [Market Perspectives November 17, 2016 - Page 9 of 10 - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73778-market-perspectives-november-17-2016-page-9-of-10-u-s-grains-and-bioproducts.md) | +4.9% | +4.4% |

## Sources

- grains.org: https://grains.org/market_perspectives/market-perspectives-august-30-2018/6/
- grains.org: https://grains.org/market_perspectives/market-perspectives-august-30-2018/7/
- grains.org: https://grains.org/market_perspectives/market-perspectives-august-30-2018/9/

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