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Post expects relatively limited growth in oilseed production in MY 2019/20, due in part to the lack of government programs encouraging oilseed planting.

In addition to edible oil, Pakistan is now a major importer of oilseeds. Marketing year (MY) 2018/19 imports of oilseeds are estimated to exceed edible oil imports....

Post projects a slight increase for soybean imports at 1.83 million metric tons (MMT) for marketing year (MY) 2019/20 (calendar year [CY] 2019) and 2 MMT for MY 2020/21 (CY 2020).

Soybean crush and subsequent oil and meal exports are on the rise for MY2018/19 due to recent changes in Ukraine’s domestic tax policy.

Post forecasts that Brazil will maintain its position as an oilseed production powerhouse in the 2019/20 marketing year.

MY2018/19 and MY2019/2020 soybean imports are forecast at 2.7 million tons on continued strong demand.

Thailand’s imports of soybeans and soybean meal will be limited due to feed demand growth of only 1 to 2 percent in MY2018/19 and MY2019/20.

Egypt’s soybean imports in marketing year (MY) 2019/20 are forecast at 4 million metric tons (MMT), up 500,000 MT from the MY 2018/19 estimate.

Post forecasts that South Africa’s oilseed meal imports will drop by 25 percent to 495,000 tons in the 2019/20 MY, as a record of 1.3 million tons of oilseed meal will be produced locally.

Palm oil (CPO) production in MY 2019/20 is forecast to reach 20.3 million metric tons (MT), an increase of 300,000 MT compared to the previous year, based on an improving labor situation within the...

MY 2019/20 is characterized by a very tight rapeseed situation. Total European Union (EU) oilseeds area in MY 2019/20 is forecast to decline by over eight percent primarily due to an 18 percent....

Japan’s vegetable oil and protein feed markets began to show signs of slowing in market year (MY) 2017/18, but low soybean prices and a drop in world rapeseed prices in 2018 helped Japan’s....