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On April 11, 2020, Egypt’s Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) issued Decree No. 209/2020.

Wheat production in marketing year 2020/2021 is forecast up to 1.275 million tons, 21 percent more than the previous marketing season, on projections of an expansion in planted acreage.

On March 26, 2020, Egypt’s National Food Safety Authority (NFSA) issued Resolution No. 3/2020.

The Office of Agriculture Affairs (Post) forecasts refined sugar production in marketing year (MY) 2020/21 to increase by approximately 1.5 percent or 40,000 metric tons (MT) to reach 2.78 million...

Paraguay 2020/2021 soybean production is forecast at 10.25 million tons with expected normal yields and a slight expansion in first crop soybeans and rebounded acreage for second crop soybeans.

In market year (MY) 2020/21, cotton area harvested is forecast to drop by almost 35 percent to 65,000 hectares (ha), from 100,000 ha in MY 2019/20.

Egypt imported some $6.3 billion worth of food ingredients in 2019, up about $100 million compared to imports in 2018

On February 23-24, 2020, FAS/Cairo along with the North Dakota Trade Office coordinated the visit of pulses suppliers to Egypt to market U.S. peas, lentils, chickpeas, and dry edible beans.

Egypt’s soybean imports in marketing year (MY) 2020/21 (October-September) are forecast at 3.8 million metric tons (MMT), up 100,000 MT from the MY 2019/20 estimate.