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.
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