On July 8, the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs released the Overseas Agricultural Information Express (No. 131).
1. The Russian Ministry of Agriculture plans to normalize the grain export quota system. Patrushev, Russian Minister of Agriculture, said that after clarifying the grain output, he will work with market participants to determine the quota. Quotas must not o
nly maintain domestic grain supply and price stability, but also take into account the expansion of export demand.
2. The Pakistani government plans to develop biological fertilizers for locusts. Pakistan plans to pilot the co
nversion of locusts into biofertilizers in the Thar Desert and the Jolistan Desert. The Pakistani government encourages farmers to catch locusts. 100,000 tons of locusts can be made into 70,000 tons of fertilizers, which will reduce the cost of fertilizers by a
bout 60%, and the profit can reach 2.8 billion rupees in two years. If the project can reduce locust damage to crops by 1%, the government is expected to recover 32 crore rupees losses.
3. The European Commission approved the Czech state aid plan of 370 million euros. The aid will take the form of direct grants to support companies active in the primary agricultural sector and in the production of food and feed affected by the new COVID-19 epidemic. Compared with the same period last year, the income of these companies has fallen by at least 25%. The purpose of the assistance is to ensure that they have sufficient working capital. It is expected to support 12,000 to 20,000 companies.
4. China imported nearly 20,000 tons of Ukrainian soybean oil in May. From September 2019 to May 2020, Ukraine soybean oil exports reached a record of 26 million tons, an increase of 6%. The EU is still the main destination, accounting for 46% of the market share, an increase of 26%. The countries with faster export destinations are Germany 224%, China 155% and Poland 44%.
5. An outbreak of H5N8 avian influenza in Bulgaria. The Food Safety Administration of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry announced that H5N8 avian influenza has broken out at a poultry farm in Asenovgrad, in the Central of Bulgaria, and 250,000 poultry were culled. This is the first-time epidemic outbreak in Bulgaria this year, and is the third outbreak in this region in recent years (the other two are in April 5, 2019 and April 8, 2019).
6. Myanmar's aquatic products exports increased. Wen Zhai, The Secretary General of the Myanmar Fisheries Authority, said that during the outbreak of COVID-19 epidemic, Myanmar’s aquatic product exports were not greatly affected. Compared with the same period in previous years, this year’s total aquatic product exports were more than 100 million US dollars. Until June of the 2019/2020 fiscal year, exports of aquatic products have more than 7 billion dollars.
7. The Myanmar import Protection Law will come into effect soon. Due to the COVID-19 epidemic situation, Myanmar’s eco
nomic growth is expected to be greatly reduced, and Myanmar has taken measures to protect its production. On July 1, the Office of the Presidential Palace of Myanmar announced that the "Protection of im
port Growth Protection Law" promulgated in 2019 will come into force.
8. The epidemic blockade caused India’s tea production decrease by 54% year-on-year in April. The Indian Tea Administration said on the 6th that India’s tea production was 39.02 million kg in April, a year-on-year decrease of 54%. The main reason is that Assam, the main tea producing area in the northeast of India, has reduced the amount of fresh leaves picked in the first stubble due to the blockade. The output in April decreased by 76% compared with the previous year. India’s tea production in the first four mo
nths of 2020 was 113 million kg, a year-on-year decrease of 40%. It is estimated that the annual tea production in India will be reduced by 120 million kg, a decrease of nearly 10% over the previous year.
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