Its expect USDA to leave US durum acreage at ~1.54 million acres.
In Canada, analysts are expecting a slight (200,000 acre) decline in the STC durum area to 5.5 million acres.
Meantime, Canadian durum exports for week 46 were strong at 103.9,000 mt for a YEAR-TO-DATE total of 5.6 million mt.
This is over 1 million mt (23%) more than week 46 of last year.
CWAD is vauled at C$ 410,22 FOB Great Lakes.
On the other hand, MARS in Europe raised EU durum yield prospects to 3.57 t/ha, now 2.2% higher than average.
