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Slight planting area growth in some regions raises 2018/19 Paraguayan soybean area forecast to 3.5 million hectares coupled slightly lower yields producing 9.8 million tons, a 2 percent decline....

Post forecasts 2018/19 soybean area stable at 1.2 million hectares with yields averaging 2.5 tons per hectare expected to produce 3 million tons.

This report contains an unofficial translation of Tunisia’s import requirements for corn and soybean meal.

Post forecasts 2018/19 soybean production at 115 million metric tons (mmt), the second largest crop on record.

The Algerian Ministry of Agriculture reported favorable early prospects for the MY2018/19 winter grain crop.

Palm oil production is forecast to marginally increase to 20.5 million tons in 2017/18 from 18.8 million tons in 2016/17.

Taiwan is the United States sixth largest export market for soybeans. Soybean consumption and imports are forecast to remain stable in MY2017/18 and MY2018/19 at 2.525 million tons.

Driven by strong feed demand from the livestock and aquaculture sectors and falling local soybean cultivation area, soybean imports are forecast to increase to 1.9 million metric tons....

FAS/Moscow anticipates production of the three main oilseed crops in Russia in MY 2018/19 at 16.9 MMT, a 7.3 percent increase over MY 2017/18 driven by higher sunflowerseed and soybean production.

Post expects slower growth in the vegetable oil and oil meal sectors in MY 2018/19, given potential declines in consumer purchasing power and general economic uncertainty.

On April 4, 2018, the People’s Republic of China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and Ministry of Finance (MOF) separately announced a proposal to levy retaliatory tariffs of 25 percent....

Steady economic growth in Japan is forecast to contribute to moderate growth in vegetable oil production and consumption in marketing years 2017/18 and 2018/19.