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Despite economic challenges and high feed prices, demand for feed is expected to grow in Bangladesh as large commercial poultry farms expand their operations and some major feed producers have initiated contract poultry farming.

For marketing year (MY) 2023/24, Post’s soybean import forecast is 2.4 million MT, on Bangladesh rebounding from its current economic slowdown, while local soybean production remains flat.

On June 2, 2022, the Government of Morocco suspended customs duties on sunflower, soybean, and rapeseed. This measure will take effect starting June 3, 2022 and continue until further notice. This decision is intended to protect citizens’ purchasing power in the face of rising global prices of various essential goods.

Edible oil prices have been trending higher and are now increasingly volatile due to poor market transparency and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Post forecasts MY 2022/2023 soybean imports up to 2.8 million MT, while local soybean production remains flat.

Bangladesh’s feed industry is currently recovering from a difficult marketing year (MY) 2019/20 (i.e., July to June).

South Asia, which includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, accounts for 24 percent of the world’s population, with 1.84 billion people in 2019.

This report contains major export certificates that the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) requires from U.S. agricultural product exporters.

In 2018, the United States and Morocco negotiated terms for U.S. poultry and beef market access, which should be a new opportunity for U.S. exporters.

In 2018, the United States and Morocco negotiated terms for U.S. poultry and beef market access, which could be an opportunity for U.S. exporters to target the food-processing sector.

This report contains major export certificates that the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) requires from U.S. agricultural product exporters.

Bangladesh rice production in marketing year (MY) 2017/18 is forecast lower at 34.18 million metric tons (MMT).

This report contains an unofficial translation of Order No. 141-18 on the methods and techniques of control of conformity for imported primary products, food products and animal feed.