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On August 24, the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs released the Overseas Agricultural Information Express (No. 150)

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1. The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation of Myanmar issued a notice on the damage caused by locusts, stating that local locusts in Myanmar have not had a significant impact on agricultural production, and desert locusts are unlikely to invade Myanmar. The notice also stated that Myanmar has stepped up monitoring of the yellow-backed bamboo locust in the border areas adjacent to China and Laos.

2. The China-Cambodia Free Trade Agreement is expected to be signed in Beijing by the end of this month. The agreement allows Cambodia to export more than 340 kinds of commodities to China, including peppers, peppers, pineapples, vegetables, fruits, fish and meat (including processed products), grains, crabs, seafood and various canned goods.

3. The U.S. Department of Agriculture predicts that in 2021, China’s pork production is expected to be 41.5 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 9%; pig slaughter volume is 505 million, a year-on-year increase of 11%; exports are 100,000 tons, the same as this year; imports are 3.7 million tons, a year-on-year increase A decrease of 14%; domestic pork consumption was 45.1 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 7%.

4. Indian agriculture has overcome the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic, and exports of agricultural products from March to June 2020 are 2.55 trillion rupees, an increase of 23% over the same period of the previous year.

5. The average wholesale transaction price of rice produced in Japan in 2019 was 15,556 yen/60 kg, a decrease of 0.5% from the previous month, and it has fallen for two consecutive months.

6. China announced an anti-dumping investigation against Australian wine. This is another action taken by Beijing against Australia after imposing more than 80% anti-dumping duties on barley of Australian origin. The survey will cover Australian wine imported from China throughout 2019.

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