Platts Americas ags publishing schedule for Christmas and New Year's holidays

Please note that Platts Americas offices will be closed Wednesday, December 25, 2019, and Wednesday, January 1, 2020, in observance of the Christmas and New Year's Day holidays.

No biofuels, sugar or grains assessments from Houston, Chicago and Sao Paulo will be carried out on those days. Normal publishing schedules for biofuels and grains will resume on Thursday, December 26.

Brazilian sugar assessments will not be published on December 26 due to the Boxing Day holiday and will resume on December 27. The Daily Sugar News will also not be published on December 26 and will resume on December 27.

Additionally, Platts will close its assessment processes early in the Americas on Tuesday, December 24. All assessments and Market on Close processes will be basis 12:30 pm CsT (1830 GMT/1530 BRT) that day, except for Brazilian sugar, which will be assessed basis 6:30 am CST (1230 GMT/0930 BRT).

On December 31, Brazilian sugar assessments will close four hours earlier at 6:30 am CST (1230 GMT/0930 BRT), while Latin America oilseeds and corn assessments will be close one hour earlier at 13:30 pm CST (1930 GMT/1630 BRT). Americas biofuels assessments will be published as normal, at 13:30 CST (1930 GMT/1630 BRT).

Normal publishing schedules for biofuels, sugar and grains assessments will resume on Thursday, January 2, 2020.

The Biofuels Daily News summary will not be published on December 24 and December 31. The Weekly Global Biodiesel Report will not be published on December 26 and will resume normal publishing schedule on January 2, 2020. The Weekly Global Ethanol Report will not be published on December 31 and will resume normal publishing schedule on January 7, 2020.

For full details of Platts publishing schedule and services affected, refer to spglobal.com/platts/en/our-methodology/holiday. For queries, please contact americas_ags@spglobal.com.