Correction to China Soy Crush Margins for October 9

Fastmarkets has corrected its AG-SYB-0078 Crush Margin China Soy (Brazil) M1 Yuan/mt and AG-SYB-0079 Crush Margin China Soy (US Gulf) M1 Yuan/mt prices, which were published incorrectly on October 9.

Due to a back-end calculation error, the M1 to M6 values were published incorrectly. They were previously published as:
 
AG-SYB-0078 Crush Margin China Soy (Brazil) M1 Yuan/mt
M1:
 -88.5
M2: 265.75
M3: 19.75
M4: 169
M5: 72
M6: 79
 
AG-SYB-0079 Crush Margin China Soy (US Gulf) M1 Yuan/mt
M1:
 -676.75
M2: -744.5
M3: -726.5
M4: -841.25
M5: -928
M6: -931.25
 
These have been corrected to:
 
AG-SYB-0078 Crush Margin China Soy (Brazil) M1 Yuan/mt
M1:
 -62.5
M2: -106.5
M3: 19.75
M4: 93
M5: 90
M6: 61
 
AG-SYB-0079 Crush Margin China Soy (US Gulf) M1 Yuan/mt
M1:
 -650.5
M2: -694.5
M3: -726.5
M4: -813.25
M5: -920
M6: -939.25
 
Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated to reflect this change.
 
These prices are part of the Fastmarkets Agriculture Grains Prices and Agriculture Oils, Fats and Biofuels Prices packages.
 
For more information or to provide feedback on this correction notice or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to these prices, please contact the team email at: fats_oils@fastmarkets.com and pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Eduardo Tinto, re: China crush margins.”
 
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