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On September 4, 2015, China notified the WTO of the National Food Safety Standard on Edible Soybean Meal, issued by the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC), as SPS/N/CHN/991.

On September 4, 2015, China notified the WTO of the National Food Safety Standard on Edible Vegetable Oil, issued by the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC), as SPS/N/CHN/997.

2015/16 soybean production area is unchanged at 20 million hectares with production forecast at 57 million tons.

Post revises down its marketing year (MY) 2015/16 (Oct-Sept) soybean production forecast from 12.5 million metric tons (MMT) to 11 MMT.

A replanting program will allocate $22.7 million to replant 83,000 ha of old palm oil estates for a three month period starting October 1 to December 31, 2015.

A record Brazilian soybean crop of 97 million metric tons (mmt) is forecast for the 2015/16 marketing year (MY) as a result of a slight increase in planted area.

2015/16 soybean production area is unchanged at 20 million hectares with production forecast at 57 million tons.

In 2014 Agriculture contributed about 10% to the Gross Domestic Product in Zimbabwe.

Hong Kong is expected to implement regulatory control of edible fats and oils following a public consultation period which will impact $14 million in U.S. exports of vegetable and animal fat exports..

Ministry of Agriculture announced several cases of imported animal feeds and feed supplements that had not properly registered the GE (genetically engineered) soybean content in the feed.

In addition to China’s growing demand for oilseed products, the low price of soybeans is expected to push China’s soybean imports to exceed 76 million tons in MY14/15, up from the 70.4 million tons...

With full implementation of a 7 percent blend in 2015, biodiesel production is forecast to reach 537 million liters, up from 359 million liters in 2014.