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The production of sesame and soybeans is forecast to climb in MY18/19 (Oct-Sep), while Niger seed production is expected to remain unchanged.

On June 19, 2018, China’s Ministry of Finance announced that as part of the Second Amendment to the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement, China will reduce tariffs on imports of a number of products....

Bulgaria’s rapeseed harvest commenced earlier than normal this year. About two percent of rapeseed area was harvested as of June 22.

Post forecasts 2015/16 soybean area at 20.3 million hectares, marginally lower than Post’s 2014/15 area estimate, though up 2.5 percent from USDA 2014/15 estimates.

Sunflower and rapeseed planted areas are projected to increase for MY2018/19.

Assuming a normal monsoon season (June-September) and favorable weather conditions, India’s total oilseed production in Marketing Year (MY) 2018/19 (Oct-Sep) is forecast to rise 10 percent....

On March 16, 2018, China notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of the draft Code of Practice for the Prevention and Reduction of Aflatoxin Contamination in Food, as SPS/N/CHN/1068.

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.

Australia normally produces over 5 million metric tons (MMT) of oilseed crops each year, with canola and cottonseed accounting for over 90 percent of total production.