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Turkey’s Marketing Year (MY) 2019/20 sunflowerseed area and production is estimated at 730,000 hectares (Ha) and 1.66 million metric tons (MMT), of which 1.5 MMT is for use as oilseeds.

On August 23, 2019, the People’s Republic of China’s Ministry of Finance (MOF), State Council Tariff Commission (SCTC) announced new tariffs on certain U.S. products, valued at $75 billion USD.

A 19 percent drop in rapeseed area leads to a significant, overall decline of major oilseeds area and production within the EU in MY 2019/20.

Estimated soybean production for marketing year (MY) 2019/20 (Oct.-Sept.) is revised lower to 10.5 million metric tons (MMT) on 11.2 million hectares.

Soybean meal (SBM) consumption for 2019/20 and 2018/19 are unchanged from August’s report, but down from their preceding year as domestic swine inventories continue to shrink....

On December 22, 2016, Japan’s Cabinet approved a Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) proposal to permit soybean meal, coconut oil meal, rapeseed meal, cottonseed oil meal...

A locust attack in Santa Cruz devastated around 1,500 hectares of agricultural land.

Post forecasts India to produce 6.8 million metric tons (MMT) of rapeseed and mustard in marketing year (MY) 2016/17 (Oct-Sept), derived from 7.05 million hectares.

Ethiopia’s agriculture imports reached $1.8 billion in 2015. Future imports are expected to increase as the country’s economy and population continue to grow.

Soybean and peanut sowings were completed as of late January with nearly a third of the sunflower seed crop harvested.

Indonesia is experiencing a mild La Niña event, resulting in increased rainfall and pushing palm oil production back to normal levels.