26 Aug 2014 | 03:55 UTC — New York

New Market Data categories and symbols for wheat and corn assessments

Platts will begin assessing physical corn and wheat prices in the Black Sea region. Platts will also publish a wheat price for wheat delivered on a CIF basis into the Marmara Sea.

Date will be delivered via Platts FTP and CSV files as well as real-time XML feed. Prices can also be found in the Platts Daily Grains newsletter and on the new Platts Agriculture Alert, page PAA1512.

The following new Market Data categories have been created: GRW Agriculture: Grains Wheat GRC Agriculture: Grains Corn

Launch date is scheduled for October 1, 2014.

MDC
Symbol
Bates
Dec
Freq
Curr
UOM
Description
GRW
WRBSD00
c
2
DW
USD
MT
Russian Wheat 12.5% FOB Black Sea deep water
GRW
WRBSD03
c
2
MA
USD
MT
Russian Wheat 12.5% FOB Black Sea deep water MAvg
GRW
WRASS00
c
2
DW
USD
MT
Russian Wheat 12.5% FOB Azov Sea shallow water
GRW
WRASS03
c
2
MA
USD
MT
Russian Wheat 12.5% FOB Azov Sea shallow water MAvg
GRW
WDPMT00
c
2
DW
USD
MT
Wheat 12.5% delivered price CIF Marmara Turkey
GRW
WDPMT03
c
2
MA
USD
MT
Wheat 12.5% delivered price CIF Marmara Turkey MAvg
GRC
CUBSU00
c
2
DW
USD
MT
Ukrainian corn FOB Black Sea
GRC
CUBSU03
c
2
MA
USD
MT
Ukrainian corn FOB Black Sea MAvg



Platts is committed to bringing its experience in price discovery into this growing commodity space, and the decision to launch daily-assessed prices for 12.5% protein wheat and corn in the region reflect its growing significance as an export location and supply point.

If you have any comments or questions about this announcement, please contact Platts Client Services or email support@platts.com.