On June 29, 2021, the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs released the Overseas Agricultural Information Express (No. 280).

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1. Cereal production in the EU 27 countries is expected to reach 291 million tons in 2021. Among them, 139 million tons of wheat, 55.39 million tons of barley, and 64.75 million tons of corn. In 2021, EU oilseed production is expected to reach 29.9 million tons, of which 16.64 million tons of rapeseed, 10.05 million tons of sunflower seeds, and 3.21 million tons of soybeans.

2. According to preliminary information from the European Commission, in the first quarter of 2021, the 27 EU member states exported 1.6 million tons of pork (including by-products) to countries outside the EU, a year-on-year increase of 30.1%, reaching a record high. Among them, the largest customer, China Exports increased by 26.2% year-on-year.

3. The start of spring planting in Russia this year was later than one to two weeks last year due to weather conditions. According to data from the Russian Ministry of Agriculture, as of May 25, Russia had planted 41.5 million hectares, accounting for 80.6% of the pre-planting area, which has exceeded the spring planting in the same period last year.

4. India's 2020-2021 sugar exports will reach 6.5 million tons. The Indian central government's sugar export subsidy target is 6 million tons, and 5.8 million tons have been completed so far.

5. According to the Ukrainian Pig Association, since the beginning of this year, the number of Ukrainian industrial pig companies has reached 1,437, a year-on-year decrease of 7.4%. In 2021, the number of industrial pig companies will increase by nearly 10%. Companies with more than 10,000 heads have expanded their production capacity, and the number of breeding animals has increased by 300,000 heads, bringing the total to 2.34 million heads.

6. According to data from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography, in April 2021, Mexico’s agricultural exports reached 1.696 billion US dollars, an increase of 10.5% over the same period last year. Among them, the export value of fish, crustaceans and molluscs increased by 84% year-on-year; citrus increased by 71.8% year-on-year, mangoes increased by 68% year-on-year, and fresh beans and vegetables increased by 14.4% year-on-year.

7. The European Commission has recently approved a 15.35 million euro national aid plan for Latvia and Slovenia to support Latvian egg and poultry primary producers and egg, poultry and product processing enterprises and Slovenian companies affected by the new coronavirus epidemic. Beef cattle farmers. Among them, Latvia's aid funds were 9.35 million euros and Slovenia's 6 million euros.

8. Despite the impact of the epidemic, Indonesian agriculture will still achieve positive growth in 2020. According to the Indonesian Central Bureau of Statistics, in the first quarter of 2021, the contribution of Indonesian agriculture to economic growth reached 2.95%.

9. On May 26, the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Cambodia, Weng Sakun, released a report that Cambodia exported 4.1 million tons of agricultural products in the first five months of this year, an increase of 1.1 million tons year-on-year.

10. In the 7 and a half months ending in mid-May of this fiscal year, Myanmar exported 1.4 million tons of rice and broken rice, and earned US$524 million in foreign exchange. Among them, 787,600 tons of rice were exported, a year-on-year decrease of 400,000 tons. The export of broken rice was 589,400 tons, the same year-on-year. Myanmar's rice and broken rice are mainly exported to China.

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