On April 28, 2021, the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs released the Overseas Agricultural Information Express (No. 276)

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1. In 2021, EU meat production will reach 44.983 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 0.51%. Among them, beef is expected to be 7.056 million tons, down 0.94% year-on-year; pork is expected to be 23.455 million tons, up 0.71% year-on-year; poultry is expected to be 13.816 million tons, up 0.99% year-on-year; mutton is expected to be 656,000 tons, down 0.91% year-on-year .

2. Canada announced the 2021 federal budget on April 19, and will allocate 1.425 billion Canadian dollars in the next three years to support agricultural green growth.

3. Russian customs data show that from January to February 2021, the export volume of Russian wheat and blended wheat (wheat and rye blend) doubled year-on-year to 7.59 million tons; the export volume increased by 1.38 times year-on-year to US$1.884 billion.

4. The National Institute of Statistics and Geography of Mexico reported that due to rising energy prices, the average annual growth rate of Mexico's national consumer price index was 6.05% in the first half of April, the highest level since the second half of December 2017. The price of agricultural products increased by 3.63%, of which the price of melon rose by 23.65%, and the price of lemon rose by 17.07%.

5. Due to the weather affecting soybean planting in the United States, the export volume of soybeans from Brazil has decreased significantly. New soybeans in Argentina have not yet been listed. On April 21, the May futures price of soybeans in the Chicago market rose strongly for the seventh consecutive day, reaching US$550/ton, a year-on-year increase. 80%.

6. A Reuters survey predicts that in 2020-2021, Brazil's corn production will reach a record 107 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 4.6%.

7. The Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine proposes to impose a zero quota on the export of sunflower seeds from May 15 to September 30, 2021. The corresponding draft resolution has been published on the website of the Ministry of Economics and Trade.

8. The Ministry of Economic Coordination of Indonesia stated that one of the reasons for the recent increase in animal feed prices in Indonesia is the unstable domestic corn production in Indonesia, which has led to high corn prices. In addition, the price of corn in the international market has risen rapidly since the beginning of this year, which has risen by 36%, which has also indirectly pushed up the price of corn in the Indonesian domestic market. Indonesian corn currently does not have a reserve mechanism like rice.

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