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On March 23, 2016, legislation was signed into law to increase Brazil’s biodiesel-use mandate from the current 7 percent, to 10 percent by 2019.

Post increased its forecast for Brazil’s 2015/16 soybean production to a record 100 million metric tons (mmt).

South America is one of the fastest-growing world regions for exports of U.S. farm and food products, and Chile and Peru are among the most rapidly growing markets in the region.

EU farmers are expecting a sizeable grain crop of 292 million metric tons in marketing year 2013/14.

The EU is highly dependent on imports of oilseeds and oilseeds products (protein meals and vegetable oils) to meet demand for food, feed and industrial uses, including biofuels production.