On December 25, 2020, the Government of Morocco extended the suspension of import duties on common wheat and products (1001.99.00.19 and 1001.99.00.90) until May 31, 2021.
This monthly report includes data on U.S. and global trade, production, consumption and stocks, as well as analysis of developments affecting world trade in grains.
Monthly report on crop acreage, yield and production in major countries worldwide. Sources include reporting from FAS’s worldwide offices, official statistics of foreign governments....
As part of its package of measures to reduce food prices adopted in December 2020, the Russian government issued a number of decrees to restrict exports of some grains and oilseeds...
Serbia’s total area wheat crop is estimated at 600,000 ha, 5 percent higher than in the previous year mostly due to high wheat prices during MY2019/20.
On October 16, 2020, the Bulgarian Ministry of Agriculture (MinAg) reported the 2020 corn harvest at 91 percent complete with 2.5 million metric tons (MMT), a 15-percent decline...
At just over 299 MMT, the total MY2020/21 EU grain crop is nearly 450,000 MT higher than the previous forecast, with a near 2 MMT lowering of corn production more than offset by higher mixed grain...
The MY 2020/21 wheat import forecast remains unchanged at 4 MMT. 2020/21 corn consumption projections are revised up to 12 MMT, consisting of 9.7 MMT for feed purposes and 2.3 MMT for food, seed...
Turkey’s marketing year (MY) 2020/21 corn planting area is expected to be about 620,000 hectares (ha) and production will total 7 million metric tons (MMT).
Drought-breaking rains and an excellent growing season in eastern Australia is expected to result in a sharp rebound in grain production, with Australian wheat production in MY 2020/21 forecast...
Saudi barley import tenders for July-December 2020 are 17 percent less than the quantity of barley imported over the same period last year (2.945 million MT vs. 3.566 million MT).
China’s 2020/21 feed and residual use for all coarse grains and feed-quality wheat are estimated to increase 3.2 percent compared to the previous marketing year due to a projected recovery of swine...
The Government of Morocco has released its final wheat and barley production numbers for the 2020 crop, including 1.77 MMT of common wheat, 0.79 MMT of durum wheat, and 0.64 MMT of barley.
The harvest of grains and rapeseed in the Czech Republic ended in the first week of September. Estimates are optimistic that the production of grains will reach above the 10-year average.
