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On October 22, Taiwan completed a normal tender GF4-104-105 for 4,000 MT of U.S. medium or short grain rice and scheduled another normal tender for October 29.

With MAFF’s strong push to use rice for feed, rice used in compound feed exceeded one million metric tons in MY2014/15 for the first time on record, at the expense of wheat and corn.

The outlook for winter grains production in Australia has deteriorated due to particularly adverse seasonal conditions, including lower than expected spring rainfall and record temperatures.

Mexican sorghum production has been plagued with a serious sugarcane aphid (SCA) infestation resulting in reduced crop yields, harvest efficiency reduction, and in some areas severe crop loses.

Export prices were virtually unchanged expect for fragrant rice prices. The Ministry of Commerce is proposing on-farm pledging program for MY2015/16 fragrant rice production.

On September 4, 2015, China notified the WTO of the National Food Safety Standard on Pastry and Bread, issued by the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC), as SPS/N/CHN/998.

On September 4, 2015, China notified the WTO of the National Food Safety Standard on Storage and Transport for Grain, issued by the National Health and Family Planning Commission, as SPS/N/CHN/1001.

On September 4, 2015, China notified the WTO of the National Food Safety Standard on Grain Processing, issued by the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC), as SPS/N/CHN/1003.

The Dire Dawa Food Complex, located in the eastern side of Ethiopia, recently announced in local newspapers that it was holding an international tender to purchase 2,000 metric tons of durum wheat...

On October 5, 2015, the Russian Minister of Agriculture increased the level of prices for 2015 grain crop purchases to the State Intervention Fund and made wheat prices equal for all federal districts

On September 4, 2015, China notified the WTO of the National Food Safety Standard on Edible alcohol, issued by the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC), as SPS/N/CHN/990.

The report provides trade data on Vietnam's monthly rice exports by grades and destinations, and weekly quotes for export rice by grades.