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On September 16, 2014, the Ethiopian government issued an international tender to purchase 200,000 metric tons of milling wheat. The deadline to submit bids is October 22, 2014.

Export prices increased 1 to 2 percent due to tighter domestic supplies.

Export prices declined 1 to 4 percent due to the expected upcoming sale of government rice stocks and the weakening of the Thai baht.

Export prices increased 1 to 4 percent due to announcement of a smaller-than-expected rice tender by the government.

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

From October 2013 – June 2014, Taiwan imported over 1,600 thousand metric tons (TMT) of U.S. corn, exceeding Post estimates.

Export prices declined 2 percent due to new supplies of off-season rice harvest and anticipated sales of government rice stocks.

The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine and the local production and milling industry once again came to an agreement on grain export management for the new marketing year.

FAS/Moscow increased the previous Russia total grain crop forecast for MY 2014/15 by 5 million metric tons (MMT) to 99 MMT.

On June 26, 2014, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) published Circular 20/2014/TT-BNNPTNT on stipulating some assignments and competencies to manage agricultural materials.

Export prices declined slightly as new off-season rice supplies entered the market. The government plans to issue a new public tender for rice stocks in early September.

Forecast rice exports for 2014 are revised up to 9.5 million metric tons.