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Most dairy product imports into Japan are conducted through government tariff-rate quotas (TRQs).

On March 31, 2021, the Government of Colombia (GOC) issued a joint resolution to decrease the ethanol blend mandate from 10 percent (E10) to 4 percent (E4) starting on April 1, 2021.

Jamaican total sugar production for MY 2020/2021 was 43,946 MT, a decrease from 60,000 MT produced in MY 2019/2020.

Egypt’s food and beverage manufacturing and processing sector suffered about $2.2 million (about a 10 percent decrease in sales) due to diminished tourism as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

MY 2021/22 wheat production is expected to decrease by 22.2 percent to 70,000 MT, while consumption is projected to increase by 2.9 percent to 1.2 million MT.

Oilseed production is expected to rebound in marketing year (MY) 2021/22, as high international prices should encourage farmers to increase their soybean planted area.

With sugar production zones recovering from the drought that affected the country in the past years, Post forecasts an increase in sugar production to 610,000 metric tons (MT) during Marketing Year (MY) 2021/2022 (October/September).

The Office of Agriculture Affairs (Post) forecasts refined sugar production in marketing year (MY) 2021/22 to increase by approximately 2.6 percent or 75,000 metric tons (MT) to reach 2.85 million metric tons (MMT).

Soybean meal demand for feed use is forecast to increase in MY2021/22 as the swine herd repopulates from the impacts of African Swine Fever, along with a forecasted increase in poultry production and bovine herd expansion.

In MY2021/22 wheat imports are forecast to reach 1.2 MMT.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency recently revised requirements for heat-treated and raw/minimally heat-treated pet food imported from the United States.

Rice export prices remain unchanged as trading activities slowed down ahead of the Thai New Year holiday and the Thai baht continues to depreciate against the U.S. dollar.