-- バイオ燃料原料先物価格は月曜日、ホルムズ海峡での緊張激化が5月に予定されている米中会談に影響を与えるとの懸念から、下落して取引を終えた。 シカゴ商品取引所(CBOT)の5月限大豆先物契約は月曜日、1.15%安の1ブッシェル当たり11.62ドルで取引を終え、5月限大豆油先物契約は0.88%安の1ポンド当たり66.50セントで取引を終えた。 金曜日、ニューヨーク・マーカンタイル取引所(NYMEX)の5月限エタノール先物契約は0.52%高の1ガロン当たり1.93ドルで取引を終えた。 DTNのアナリスト、レット・モンゴメリー氏は、大豆先物価格はイランと米国の停戦合意の崩壊、それに続く米国のホルムズ海峡封鎖によって圧迫されたと述べた。 「大豆市場は、3日間の上昇基調を終え、週明けに下落に転じた。これは、米国によるホルムズ海峡封鎖が、5月中旬に予定されているトランプ大統領の訪中を前に、米中関係を悪化させるとの懸念が背景にある」と、モンゴメリー氏は日報で述べた。 月曜日に発表された米国農務省(USDA)の週間輸出検査報告書によると、4月9日までの週の大豆検査量は2990万ブッシェルだった。 2025~2026年度の総検査量は11億5800万ブッシェルで、前年度比25%減となっている。USDAは、2025~2026年度の大豆輸出量を15億4000万ブッシェルと予測しており、前年度比18%減となる見込みだ。大豆検査量はUSDAの予測ペースを下回っている一方、USDAが予測する大豆期末在庫量は、過去5年間の平均を20%上回っている。
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