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Rice export prices declined 6 percent as foreign buyers reportedly sought Vietnamese rice after the government resumed rice exports.

The Thai Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) has yet to amend its notification to apply a zero tolerance on the Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) for Paraquat and Chlorpyrifos.

Post forecasts that the South African sugar cane crop will increase by 1 percent to 19.4 million Metric Tons (MT) in the 2020/21 Marketing Year (MY), based on normal weather and growing conditions...

South Africa has to import rice to meet local demand as rice production is insignificant in the country. As a result, any trade restrictions introduced by exporter countries, due to COVID-19...

Rice export prices leveled off but remained high as Vietnam decided to remove its rice export ban but limit rice exports during the COVID-19 outbreak...

MY2020/21 sugar production is expected to recover from the reduced sugarcane production in MY2019/20 caused by adverse weather condition...

South Africa with its well-developed business market, serves at a gate way to Sub-Saharan African markets.

Rice export prices spiked due to panic demand from foreign buyers after the announcement of Vietnam’s rice export restrictions and Cambodia’s ban on white rice exports driven by the COVID-19 outbreak.

Thailand notified WTO of the Ministry of Industry’s intention to ban Paraquat and Chlorpyrifos for production, importation, exportation, and possession.

In the 2020/21 MY, Post forecasts that South Africa's oilseed meal imports will drop by 8 percent to 550,000 tons and oilseed oil imports will decline by 5 percent to less than 400,000 tons...

On March 23, 2020, the President of South Africa announced that starting from March 26 2020, South Africa would enter into a 21-day lockdown until April 16, 2020.

MY2020/21 cotton imports are expected to grow at a slow pace in anticipation of weak or no economic recovery. MY2019/20 cotton imports reduce sharply due to an economic downturn caused by the COVID-19