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This report contains FAS Nur-Sultan’s revised production forecasts for MY2020/21 as well as trade estimates for MY2019/20.

On October 16, Brazil announced that it would suspend the import tariffs on corn, soybeans, soy meal, and soy oil from countries outside the Mercosur trade bloc.

In 2020, Vietnam had to confront dual COVID-19 and African Swine Fever outbreaks, which affected both animal feed demand and domestic oil consumption.

On September 28, the European Commission (EC) approved Bayer’s herbicide tolerant soybean MON 87708 x MON 89788 x A5547-127, also known as XtendFlex.®

Post maintains its forecast for soybean planted area at 38.5 million hectares (ha) for 2020/21, up from 36.9 million ha in 2019/20.

Turkey’s Marketing Year (MY) 2020/21 sunflowerseed area and production is estimated at 720,000 hectares and 1.56 million MT (MMT).

Post is adjusting its Marketing Year (MY) 2020/21 crude palm oil (CPO) production forecast down 1 million metric tons (MT) to 19.7 million MT.

Central America and the Caribbean, with their close geographical and economic ties to the United States, have always been an important market for U.S. agricultural exports.

The Indonesian Agricultural Quarantine Agency (IAQA) has confirmed the terms required for the continued shipments of fresh food of plant origin following the U.S. FDA recall of apples due to Listeria.

Indonesian CPO production is expected to reach a record 35 MMT in MY 2015/16 despite the continued slowdown of planting area expansion.

As a result of lower than expected yields during the first half of the marketing year, the 2014/15 palm oil production forecast is lowered to 20 million tons.

FAS Amman Instrumental in Clearing a USD 28,000.00 Shipment of U.S. Soybean Oil