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Post forecasts that South Africa’s wheat imports for the 2018/19 MY will decline marginally to 1.8 million tons, on an expected increase in local production.

Rice export prices further increased by 1 percent due to strong demand from China and African countries amid the off-season rice harvest.

On March 20, 2018, the South African Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries announced that it has suspended imports of meat and meat products from Brazilian establishments....

Slow feed demand growth will limit Thailand’s imports of soybean meal in MY2017/18 and MY2018/19, but have less impact on Thai imports of soybeans.

On March 14, 2018, the Thai Excise Department issued a new Excise Department Notification which extended by six month the timeline for the full implementation of the Certificate of Analysis....

Rice export prices increased by 2 percent due to the strengthening Thai baht, which offset declines in farm-gate rice prices.

MY2018/19 rice and corn production are expected to reach record highs due to acreage expansion driven by attractive farm-gate prices.

On March 4, 2018, a large number of Southern African countries, including Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe....

Export prices declined by 1-3 percent as supplies of off-season rice have begun to enter the market.

On February 26, 2018, Sfiso Nobert Buthelezi was appointed as the new Deputy Minister of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF).

Export prices increased by 1 percent in response to new demand for white rice under the government-to-government agreement with China.

On February 26, 2018, the South African Parliament passed a motion to begin a process of considering to amend Section 25 of the Constitution to allow for the expropriation of land....