On September 21, the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs released the Overseas Agricultural Information Express (No. 170)

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1. Since August, the number of U.S.-produced soybeans in China booked for the year (September 2020-August 2021) has increased dramatically. As of September 15, it reached 9.89 million tons, an increase of 2.2 times year-on-year. Among them, the number of bookings in August was 3.27 million tons and reached 2.07 million tons in early September.

2. According to the National Bureau of Statistics of Argentina, from January to August 2020, the cumulative inflation rate in Argentina was 18.9%. Commodity wholesale prices rose by 14.7%, of which agricultural prices rose by 19.5%, fisheries prices by 36.5%, industrial prices by 16.5%, and manufacturing prices by 19.6%.

3. According to statistics from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), Pakistan imported 21.811 million US dollars’ worth of spices in July 2020, an increase of 60.22% compared to 14.237 million US dollars in the same period last year; tobacco exports increased sharply to 2.171 million US dollars compared to last year The US$914,000 in the same period increased by 137.53%.

4. Brazil's 2019-2020 cotton production reached a record 2.9 million tons, an increase of 5% year-on-year. Brazil is the fourth largest cotton producer in the world and can supply cotton to the market throughout the year.

5. According to the Ukrainian Flour Association, Ukrainian wheat exports from July to August in this marketing year exceeded 4.9 million tons, an increase of 9% year-on-year. The main importers were Indonesia (720,500 tons, a year-on-year increase of 2%), Bangladesh (519,200 tons, a year-on-year increase of 13%), and Egypt (507,900 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 4%).

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