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Agricultural commodity market response to Russia's withdrawal from the grain deal

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  • Sandro Steinbach
  • Yasin Yildirim

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This paper assesses the response of agricultural commodity markets to Russia's withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative (BSGI). Employing daily commodity‐level data and event study methods, we analyse the impact on seven agricultural commodities and four key market metrics, including futures prices, historical and implied volatility, and speculative pressure. Our findings show a statistically insignificant increase of 1.1% in agricultural futures prices within the first seven trading days following the BSGI termination. In the following days, futures prices began to decline, eventually returning to levels below those observed before the withdrawal, a pattern further underscored by our implied volatility analysis. While there is no evidence of heightened speculation, we find some evidence for treatment differences across agricultural commodities. These findings suggest that traders did not believe in the likelihood of a blockade of Black Sea grain shipments.

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  • Sandro Steinbach & Yasin Yildirim, 2024. "Agricultural commodity market response to Russia's withdrawal from the grain deal," Journal of Agricultural Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 75(3), pages 1004-1016, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jageco:v:75:y:2024:i:3:p:1004-1016
    DOI: 10.1111/1477-9552.12611
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