New Zealand dairy exports for the month of June stood at $4.7bn, which represents an 11% increase compared with the same month last year. This was led by exports of whole milk powder (WMP), which increased almost 20% to 125,800t.

Agri-food exports from the EU-28 increased 9% for the month of May to €923m. The healthy growth in export value was driven by double-digit growth in shipments to Japan (+19%), China (+11%) and Hong Kong (+30%). Canada’s agriculture ministry has forecast wheat exports for the 2017/18 season at just under 17m tonnes, which is a 1m tonne increase compared with last year. The increase is driven by shorter supply of bread wheat in the US due to dry weather and lower planted areas.

US secretary for agriculture Sonny Perdue has told his Brazilian counterpart Blairo Maggi there is no plan in Washington to lift the ban on Brazilian beef exports into the US, which came into effect in June.