As of late September, South Africa raised the duty on wheat imports by 78 percent to a record 911.20 rand (USD 66) per tonne. The measure aims at protecting domestic [...]

Chinese importers have signed an agreement to buy 13.18 million tonnes of soybeans from the United States of America for a value of about USD 5.3 billion. The Chinese importers [...]

The Russian Federation has announced it will reduce the tax on wheat exports from the beginning of October to encourage sales in view of ample wheat supplies after the 2015 [...]

The Government of Honduras has approved imports of about 54 600 tonnes of cereals for the last quarter of 2015. The bulk of the quota is for maize, set at [...]

The Government of Indonesia has allocated USD 258 million to support rice production in view of ongoing dry conditions, likely linked to the current El Niño event, which have negatively [...]

At the end of August 2015, the Government of Bangladesh extended the time limit for aromatic rice exports, which had expired at the end of June, to end of December [...]

The Government of Myanmar has announced that it will gradually lift the ban on rice exports that has been in place since 7 August this year following widespread severe flooding [...]

The Government of Thailand has continued with its campaign to drastically reduce excessive stocks of rice, selling a further 430 000 tonnes in August. The August auction, which offered 660 [...]

As of mid-August 2015, Vietnam has lowered the minimum export price for 25% broken rice by 2.9 percent in order to boost exports. The new minimum price has been set [...]

The Government of Bangladesh has announced that it will import 950 000 tonnes of wheat during 2015/16 marketing year (July/June), about three times more than the reduced level of 324 [...]