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Brazil to host soy and corn OTC market

Brazil could have its BAB overthecounter (OTC) market for soy and corn in place previously the end of the year, the new market's CEO stated on Friday.

BAB has been given the green light from Brazil's securities commission, CEO Eric Cardoni told press reporters.

Backed by regional train operator Rumo, BAB was developed to enable hedging by regional traders and farmers to better reflect Brazilian market prices, Cardoni said.

Grain costs in Brazil, the world's top soy manufacturer and one of the biggest corn farmers, frequently diverge from those sold Chicago since of various crop durations and logistics costs.

Cardoni said the OTC market, in which securities trade without a centralized exchange, will trade agreements in Brazilian reais and might attain trade equivalent to 24 million metric tons of grains by the end of its third year.

The quantity would represent nearly half of the anticipated soy output in Brazil's top grain-producing state, Mato Grosso, in 2024/25.

Cardoni added that 15 business, the majority of them grain traders, were looking for approval to trade on BAB.

(source: Reuters)