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Indonesia: Oilseeds and Products Update

Indonesia’s launch of B30 in January 2020 is expected to increase 2019/20 industrial consumption of palm oil to 9.2 million tons, raising total domestic consumption to a record 15.61 million tons.
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Thailand: Update on the Ban on Three Active Ingredients

Update on latest moves by the relevant government agencies and affected stakeholders after the National Hazardous Substance Committee (NHSC) determined to ban three active ingredients....
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Vietnam: Food Processing Ingredients

With a young and growing middle-class and rising incomes, food and beverage processing in Vietnam has shown strong growth in the past five years.
The increased regular fuel consumption, the higher blending mandate established for 2017 and the fact that duty protection will still prevail at least for the large majority of the calendar year....
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Argentina: Oilseeds and Products Annual

Post forecasts slightly lower soybean production on limited area rise and a return to historical yield levels for 2017/18.
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Uruguay: Oilseeds and Products Annual

Post forecasts 2017/18 area planted to remain stagnant at 1.2 million hectares. This area and a return to historical yields are forecast to produce 3 million tons.
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Ukraine: Sunflower Production Likely to Remain Strong

This report incorporates various updates to Production, Supply and Distribution (PSD) data based on recent export numbers as well as domestic planting areas for sunflowers, soybeans, rapeseed....
Cooperators held a number of promotional events across Japan in May 2017, including the most recent Cooperator to enter the Japanese market, the California Olive Oil Council (COOC).
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Spain: Drought in Spain to Boost Grain Imports

Dry weather conditions prevailing throughout the winter grains crop cycle, along with warmer than average spring temperatures have driven down yield expectations in Spain.
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Turkey: Oilseeds and Products Update

Turkish soybean area and production for MY 2017/18 are now estimated about 22,000 hectares and 85,000 MT, respectively.
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Italy: Italian Olive Oil Overview 2017

Italy is the second largest olive oil producer in the European Union (EU) after Spain and accounts for approximately one-quarter of the EU-28 olive acreage.
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Japan: An Overview of the Food Labeling Standard

In August 2012, the Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) started to work towards completion of a comprehensive Food Labeling Standard (see, e.g., GAIN Reports JA3001 and JA3054).