Overseas Agriculture-related Information Bulletin (Issue 304)

1.
According to the report released by the Brazilian National Supply Company on October 6, the grain production of Brazil in 2022-2023 is expected to reach a record 312.
4 million tons, an increase of 15.
3%
year-on-year.
Among them, soybean 152.
4 million tons, an increase of 21.
3% year-on-year; Maize 126.
9 million tons, an increase of 12.
5% year-on-year; Rice 10.
757 million tons, down 0.
3% year-on-year; Wheat 9.
36 million tons, an increase of 21.
9%
year-on-year.

 

2.
According to the news of the European Commission on October 5, due to the impact of the Ukraine crisis and summer heat, the total cereal production of the EU in 2022 is expected to be 270.
9 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 7.
8%.

Among them, corn fell the most, with an expected output of 55.
5 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 23.
7%; Soft wheat production is expected to be 127 million tonnes, down 2.
4%
year-on-year.
EU cereal exports are expected to be 51 million tonnes, 20.
9% above the last five-year average, and cereal trade continues to grow
.

 

3.
According to the Bulletin on Cereal Supply and Demand released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on October 7, the world cereal production, utilization, inventory and trade are expected to shrink
from 2022 to 2023.
Global production of coarse grains (corn, barley, sorghum, etc.
) in 2022 is forecast to be 1.
468 billion tons, down 14.
3 million tons month-on-month and 2.
8%
year-on-year.
Global cereal use is forecast to be 2.
784 billion tonnes in 2022-2023, a decrease of 0.
5%
year-on-year.
Among them, the utilization of coarse grains was reduced by 6.
4 million tons to 1.
491 billion tons, and the utilization of rice was reduced by 3.
6 million tons to 518.
6 million tons
.
World cereal stocks are forecast for the end of the 2023 quarter at 848 million tonnes, down 1.
6%
from the beginning of the period.
World cereal trade forecasts fell to 467 million tonnes, down 2.
4%
year-on-year.

 

4.
According to Statistics Canada on October 6, 2022, Canada's agricultural exports to China in August 2022 were about 560 million Canadian dollars (about 2.
9 billion yuan), an increase of 27.
7%
year-on-year.
Among them, the export of wheat to China was 202,000 tons, an increase of 49.
5% year-on-year; Exported 0.
9 million tons of soybeans, down 20% year-on-year; Exported 60,000 tons of rapeseed, down 46.
3% year-on-year; Exports of pork and offal were 12,000 tons, down 33.
4%
year-on-year.
Imports of agricultural products from China amounted to about C$180 million (about 940 million yuan), an increase of 18.
2%
year-on-year.