On September 1, the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs released the Overseas Agricultural Information Express (No. 156)

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1. A report issued by the US Department of Agriculture predicts that in 2020, the world's rice production will reach 500 million tons, an increase of 0.9% year-on-year, reaching the highest in history. China's 147 million tons, an increase of 0.18% year-on-year; India's 118 million tons, an increase of 0.05%. According to the report, China and India are the main producing areas of rice in the world. The late growth status of rice in both countries will have an impact on the predicted value.

2. According to the report of the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries of Argentina, in the first half of this year, the export value of agricultural products in Argentina was US$19.993 billion, accounting for 73% of total exports, down 0.6% year-on-year. China is the largest destination country for Afghan agricultural exports, with an export value of 2.649 billion U.S. dollars, accounting for 13% of Afghan agricultural exports, a year-on-year increase of 20%. Followed by the European Union, Brazil, India and Southeast Asian countries (Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia), accounting for 13%, 8%, 6% and 15% respectively.

3. The Brazilian Agricultural Supply Company (Conab) stated that in order to ensure the accuracy and quality of the information, it has revised its soybean production estimates for the past seven years, and at the same time, it has revised its production estimates for 2019-2020 from the previous 120 million tons. Increased to 125 million tons.

4. Statistics from the Ministry of Commerce of Thailand show that Thailand’s rice exports continued to decline in the first seven months of 2020, with the export value of US$2.22 billion, a 14.42% decrease compared to the same period last year. The top three export markets were the United States, which reached 460 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 27.88% compared with the same period last year; followed by South Africa’s 150 million U.S. dollars, a decrease of 6.2% compared with the same period last year; and Angola’s approximately 120 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 13.27% compared with the same period last year.

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