The authorities in Bulgaria have initiated a procedure to coordinate import licenses for the import of sunflower seeds from Ukraine. The delivery contracts are for the period of January to February.
According to China's National Bureau of Statistics, a record corn production of 288.8 million tons was harvested in the country in 2023 (compared to 277.2 in 2022).
Conab has lowered its forecast for the 2023 wheat production in Brazil by 15% due to heavy rainfall in the south, reaching 8.14 million tons, still the second-highest result in history after the record in 2022 – 10.55 million tons.
According to IKAR's forecast, the wheat production in Russia is expected to reach 92 million tons in 2024, and the total grain production is projected to reach 145 million tons.
