On May 6, 2021, the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs released the Overseas Agricultural Information Express (No. 279).

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1. Statistics Canada released the estimated results of the planting area of ​​major crops in 2021. It is estimated that the sown area of ​​wheat decreased by 6.9% year-on-year to 23.3 million acres, barley increased 13.9% year-on-year to 8.6 million acres; rapeseed increased 3.6% year-on-year to 21.5 million acres, and soybeans increased 5.5% year-on-year to 5.3 million acres.

2. In the first two months of 2021, Mexico’s agricultural trade volume was 11.767 billion U.S. dollars, and agricultural and sideline products trade volume was 5.891 billion U.S. dollars.

3. From March 18 to April 16, the Japanese government initiated emergency import restrictions on beef produced in the United States, and the tariff on beef imported from the United States was increased from 25.8% to 38.5%. Affected by this, from mid-March to mid-April, Japan imported 24,984 tons of beef from the United States, a year-on-year decrease of 26%.

4. Experts from the Ukrainian Grain Association predict that the export volume of Ukrainian grains and oilseeds in this market year will not exceed the quota set by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Agriculture and the exporters in the export framework agreement at the beginning of the year. Among them, wheat exports will not exceed 16 million tons, with a limit of 17.5 million tons; corn exports will not exceed 22 million tons, with a limit of 24 million tons. Exports of grains and oilseeds will reach 46.8 million tons, far below the 62 million tons in the previous market year.

5. Up to now, Kazakhstan's main food market has not yet achieved complete self-sufficiency. Among them, the self-sufficiency rate of flour has reached 100%; sugar is only 42.4%; meat is 91.8%; sausage products are 60.1%; fruit and vegetable juice is 50.9%; sunflower oil is 82.9%; processed milk and cheese are 96.7%. In addition, 40% of the flour, 50% of rice and 25% of sunflower oil produced in Kazakhstan are exported.

6. As of April 6, Myanmar exported a total of 196,600 tons of aquatic products, valued at US$166 million.

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