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Malaysia: Oilseeds and Products Update

Post is adjusting its Marketing Year (MY) 2020/21 crude palm oil (CPO) production forecast down 100,000 metric tons (MT) to 19.6 million MT as labor issues stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic...
On November 18, 2020, the Egyptian Cabinet approved a draft bill that exempts importers of key commodities from paying value-added tax (VAT) on shipping costs.
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Pakistan: Oilseeds and Products Update

Pakistan’s Marketing Year (MY) October/September) 2019/20 soybean imports reached 1.7 million metric tons (MMT), 15 percent lower than the last year.
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Australia: Agricultural Biotechnology Annual

The Australian federal government is supportive of biotechnology and has committed considerable longterm funding to research and development.
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Indonesia: Oilseeds and Products Update

Weaker demand due to COVID-19 has reduced palm oil exports by 2 million tons.
The Government of India’s (GOI) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has proposed new amendments in its Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labeling) Regulations, 2011.
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Russia: Russia Restricts Imports of U.S. Corn and Soybeans

February 15, 2016, VPSS will impose temporarily restrictions on corn and soybeans originating from the U.S. as a result of violations of international and Russian phytosanitary requirements.
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Indonesia: Oilseeds and Products Update

Palm oil production declines are expected to arrive starting in December 2015 and extend throughout the next six to nine months.
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...
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Argentina: Oilseeds and Products Update

2015/2016 soybean production is revised up to 58.5 million tons on good crop conditions resulting in higher yields.
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Brazil: Oilseeds and Products Update

Post kept its forecast for Brazil’s 2015/16 soybean production to a record 98 million metric tons (mmt).