FAO: US, Brazil and Russian grain export prices diverged in September
FAO data show US wheat and Brazilian maize rose, while Russia's Black Sea wheat quotation declined.
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According to the Food and Agriculture Organization's Food Price Monitoring and Analysis Bulletin dated 13 October, the US Gulf export price for No. 2 Hard Red Winter wheat reached USD 349.20 per tonne in September, up 7.1% month on month and 49.8% year on year. Brazil's Paranaguá maize quotation rose 3.1% from August and stood 13.3% above its year-earlier level.
The Russian Federation's deep-sea port wheat offer fell 4.1% in September to USD 210 per tonne, 8.3% below a year earlier. FAO attributed pressure on Russian quotations to limited marketing opportunities for the large harvest and disruptions to Black Sea trade routes; higher quotations at other origins reflected buyers seeking alternative suppliers. These are export quotations, not retail or farmgate prices.
Data
September grain export price changes
Month-on-month and year-on-year percentage changes reported by FAO; these are not price levels.
- US Gulf Hard Red Winter wheat export price, monthly change
- 7.1 percent
- 2026-09 - 2026-09 · Observed
- US Gulf Hard Red Winter wheat export price, year-on-year change
- 49.8 percent
- 2026-09 - 2026-09 · Observed
- Brazil Paranaguá maize export price, monthly change
- 3.1 percent
- 2026-09 - 2026-09 · Observed
- Brazil Paranaguá maize export price, year-on-year change
- 13.3 percent
- 2026-09 - 2026-09 · Observed
Methodology
Values are the reported percentage changes for September 2026 export quotations in the international price tables of FAO FPMA Bulletin #8. They are typed as percentages; the quotation levels in USD per tonne are given in the text only. Monthly change compares with August 2026 and annual change with September 2025. The US wheat annual change follows the price table at 49.8%; the bulletin’s narrative states 49.9%.
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