Biggest one-day increase wheat prices to fresh record high

    小麦价格大涨20%,涨幅创新高

    Prices of top-quality wheat jumped 20 per cent yesterday, the largest one-day increase ever, to a fresh all-time high as Kazakhstan, one of the world's largest exporters of the grain, said it would impose export tariffs to curb sales.

    最高品级小麦价格昨日大涨20%，创迄今最大单日涨幅，并升至创纪录高位，因全球最大小麦出口国之一哈萨克斯坦表示，将对小麦出口征收关税，以遏制销售。

    The move, which follows similar export restrictions in Russia and Argentina, is likely to put further pressure on already tight global wheat supplies, analysts said. Akhmetzhan Yesimov, Kazakhstan's minister of agriculture, said the government wanted to limit exports as it battles rising domestic inflation of nearly 20 per cent.

    分析师表示，此举可能会对业已紧张的全球小麦供应构成更大压力，此前俄罗斯和阿根廷也实行了类似的出口限制。哈萨克斯坦农业部长阿•叶西莫夫(Akhmetzhan Yesimov)表示，政府希望限制出口，目前该国正在应对日益上升的国内通胀，通胀率将近20%。

    “Whatever happens we will soon limit exports,” Mr Yesimov said. Kazakh grain, prized for its high protein and gluten content, is similar to some of the scarce top-quality North American crops that jumped in price yesterday.

    叶西莫夫表示：“无论发生什么事情，我们都将很快限制出口。”哈萨克斯坦小麦因蛋白和麸质含量高而受到市场追捧，与一些供应稀少的高品级北美小麦相似，这些小麦价格昨日也出现大涨。