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After a lengthy interagency review, Indonesia’s Ministry of Agriculture released updated oil palm area data, significantly increasing overall plantation hectares.

MY 2019/20 production of sesame seed, Niger seed and soybeans is estimated to increase.

Pakistan is a growing consumer market as new hotels, restaurants, and retail food sectors continue to open. Rapid urbanization and a young population are combining to shift traditional consumption....

2019/20 soybean planted area is forecast at 18 million hectares and production is forecast at 53 million tons, unchanged since September.

Brazil is forecast to overtake the United States as the leading soybean producer in the world during the 2019/20 season.

The Tunisian Ministry of Agriculture estimated olive oil production for MY 2014/15 at 320,000 MT, which is a record high.

The beginning of marketing year 2015/16 features higher production volumes for sunflower seeds and soybeans, while rapeseed production is lower compared to the previous marketing year.

Post maintained its 2015/16 production forecast to 98.5 million metric tons (mmt), a record. Area planted for soybeans in Brazil is estimated at 33 million hectares.

Continued growth in Thailand livestock and poultry sectors is fueling larger-than-expected growth in soy protein demand.

Pakistan continues to expand its imports of soybeans, importing over 500,000 metric tons in 2014/15 (a record), with projected 2015/16 imports of 1.5 million metric tons.

The first tentative post-harvest data on 2015 oilseeds crops showed rapeseed production in line with AgSofia’s earlier forecast, however, the sunflower crop declined due to the summer heatwave.

2015/2016 sunflower production is revised down to 2.61 million tons on an increasingly less profitable situation, especially in Buenos Aires and La Pampa provinces.