On July 31, the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs released the Overseas Agricultural Information Express (No. 143)

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1. The Bulgarian Ministry of Agriculture intends to provide 42 million euros in subsidies to farmers engaged in planting and breeding and using agricultural machinery; and 15 million euros of low-interest loans to wheat producers to help grain production.

2. In the first six months of this year, Russia exported 79,900 tons of meat to China, compared with only 7,000 tons last year. China surpassed Ukraine to become the largest importer of Russian meat.

3. In the first half of this year, Brazilian agricultural exports to China increased by 4.76 billion US dollars ( 33.8% ) year-on-year, and the agricultural trade surplus with China increased from 15.17 billion US dollars to 20 billion US dollars.

4. The State Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce of Cambodia stated that Cambodia and China have completed negotiations on a free trade agreement and strive to sign it as soon as possible and formally take effect in January 2021. After the Cambodia-China Free Trade Agreement takes effect, 95% of Cambodian exports to China will enjoy "zero tariff" preferential treatment.

5. The grain processing plant in Rosario, Argentina's main export center, has confirmed 14 cases of new crown infection. Among them, 11 cases were confirmed in factories under COFCO Group, and 3 cases were confirmed in factories under Bunge Group Co., Ltd. in the United States.

6. The European Commission approved Bulgaria’s national assistance program of more than 6.6 million euros to compensate for the losses in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors caused by the new crown pneumonia epidemic. Among them, the fishing industry is 764 thousand euros, the farmers are 4.028 million euros, and the processing sector is 1.835 million euros.

7. India’s grain reserve purchases this season hit a record high, with 38.97 million tons of wheat and 50.5 million tons of rice.

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