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Wheat production for 2020/2021 is projected at a record 20.2 million tons on a 2 percent area increase with exports of 13.4 million tons (including wheat flour), the second largest in history.

Post projects a decline of 500,000 hectares in soybean planted area and production of 51 million tons for marketing year 2020/2021 on higher export taxes for soybeans and products.

Argentine beef exports in 2020 are projected down at 640,000 tons carcass weight equivalent as lower prices and animal and human health issues generate negative trade dynamics.

On Wednesday, March 4, 2020 the Government of Argentina announced adjustments to its export tax regime.

2019/20 Soybean production forecast is raised to 54.1 Million Metric Tons (MMT), up 1.1 MMT from December, on positive growing conditions for first crop soybeans across Argentina.

Many Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States have undertaken efforts to comply with their obligations under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) to the Convention on Biological Diversity....

For MY 2019/2020, Post forecasts fresh citrus production at 1.6 MMT for lemons, 720,000 MT for oranges and 390,000 MT for tangerines.

A new government policy raising export taxes for agricultural products from 6.7 percent to 12 percent in December 2019 drives advanced MY19/20 grain crop sales.

2019/20 soybean planted area is forecast at 18 million hectares and production is forecast at 53 million tons, unchanged since September.

For MY 2019/2020, Post forecasts fresh citrus production at 1.6 MMT for lemons, 720,000 MT for oranges and 390,000 MT for tangerines.

In 2018, the United States exported over $1 Billion in U.S. consumer-oriented products to the Caribbean Basin.

For CY 2019/2020, fresh deciduous fruit production is forecast at 550,000 MT for fresh apples and 590,000 MT for fresh pears, unchanged from revised CY 2018/19 levels.