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Wheat imports in MY 2015/16 are forecast at 1.90 MMT, up from 1.87 MMT the previous year.

With a large tender for government stocks announced this week, export prices for most grades of rice declined marginally

Export prices for Thai rice further declined this week $5.00-9.00/ton across the board due mainly to inactive export demand and slightly depreciated Thai currency.

MY 2015/16 rice exports are revised lower to 8 million tons based on the current pace of exports.

Export prices were steady due to quiet trading during the Luna New Year holidays. Also, traders are awaiting the Government stocks tender on February 16-17.

China’s huge grain stocks continue to impose severe pressures on China’s production and trade policies.

MY2015/16 rice production is further revised down due to lower-than-expected off-season rice planting caused by limited irrigation availability.

Post estimates wheat production for 2015/16 at 10.8 million metric tons (MMT), 300,000 tons higher than USDA.

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....

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.

Export prices increased further due to current tight domestic market supplies and concern about drought.

China notified the WTO of the National Food Safety Standard of Vegetable Protein for Food Industry (an update of the GB/T 20371), issued by the National Health and Family Planning Commission...