On May 6, 2021, the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs released the Overseas Agricultural Information Express (No. 277)

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1. The U.S. Department of Agriculture predicts that in 2021-2022, China's sugar production is expected to be 10.6 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 1%; consumption of 15.8 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 1.9%; imports of 5 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 2%.

2. Argentina's exports of agricultural products in 2020 will be 38 billion U.S. dollars, accounting for 69% of the total exports of Argentine products. Due to the strong rise in the prices of international agricultural products, the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange predicts that the export of agricultural products will reach US$48 billion in 2021, an increase of 26% year-on-year.

3. The International Grains Council (IGC) predicts that the global output of major food crops in 2021/2022 will reach a new high: rice output will reach 510 million tons, an increase of 1% year-on-year; the total output of wheat and coarse grains (maize, barley) will reach 2.287 billion Tons, a year-on-year increase of 3%; soybean output will reach 383 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 4%.

4. According to the Kazakhstan Energy Industry Network, from January to February 2021, Kazakhstan exported 764,400 tons of wheat and oats, a year-on-year increase of 27.4%; the export value was US$176 million, a year-on-year increase of 39.3%.

5. According to statistics from the Pakistani Bureau of Statistics, Pakistan’s total grain exports in March reached US$479 million, a year-on-year increase of 32.02%. Among them, the export volume of rice was 386,000 tons, and the export value was US$223 million, a year-on-year increase of 13.21%.

6. According to an official from the Ministry of Agriculture of India, despite the recent outbreak of the new crown epidemic, agricultural production in India has not yet been affected. The summer grain and oil crops planted area reached 7.376 million hectares, an increase of 21.58% year-on-year. Among them, rice, beans, oilseeds and miscellaneous grains Year-on-year increases were 15.59%, 97.58%, 15.66% and 0.93% respectively.

7. The latest report of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Cambodia pointed out that in 2020, Cambodia exported more than 13 million tons of agricultural products, with revenue of 3.433 billion U.S. dollars.

8. In the first half of this fiscal year (October 2020-April 2021), the export value of aquatic products in Myanmar was US$449 million, a year-on-year decrease of US$57 million.

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