Indonesia – Brazil gains access to Indonesian beef market

Brazilian beef exporters have been granted access to the Indonesian market for the first time.

Ten meat-processing plants in Brazil have been granted access to export at least 25,000t to Indonesia – a country with a population of 250m people.

Last year, Indonesia imported 150,000t of beef.

Uruguay – beef exports slow in August

In August, Uruguay exported almost 27,500t of fresh beef into the international market, which was down 5% on the same month last year.

For the first eight months of 2019 (Jan-Aug), Uruguayan beef exports are up 4% year on year to 223,400t.

EU – wheat production forecast higher

The European Commission has lifted its forecast for wheat production in Europe this year by more than 1m tonnes to a new forecast of 142.7m tonnes.

The Commission’s forecast for EU exports of wheat in the coming season are left unchanged at 25.5m tonnes.

Canada – crop production to fall in 2019

Canadian wheat production for 2019 is forecast to fall 3% on last year to just over 31m tonnes.

Canadian rapeseed production is forecast to fall almost 10% this year to 18.5m tonnes, while soya bean production will fall 15% to 6.2m tonnes.