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Overseas Agriculture-related Information Bulletin (Issue 311)

 Last Update: 2022-11-25
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1.
According to the latest data released by the US Department of Agriculture, the export value of US agricultural products in fiscal year 2022 (ending September 30) was $196.
4 billion, an increase of 14%
year-on-year.
Among them, exports to China, Canada and Mexico ranked the top three, with US$36.
4 billion, US$28.
3 billion and US$28 billion
respectively.
Soybeans ranked first in U.
S.
agricultural exports at $33.
3 billion, up 26 percent
year-over-year.
U.
S.
agricultural imports were $194 billion, up 19%
year-on-year.
The trade surplus was US$2.
4 billion, down US$6 billion
year-on-year.

2.
According to data released by the Ministry of Agriculture of Ukraine on November 7, since July 2022, Ukraine has exported a total of 14.
3 million tons of grain, down 30.
7%
year-on-year.
Among them, 5.
4 million tons of wheat, 7.
7 million tons of maize and 1.
2 million tons
of barley.
The Ukrainian government said that the Russian-Ukrainian conflict has led to a decline in sown area and production, and Ukrainian grain production in 2022 is expected to be 50 million to 52 million tons, far lower than 86 million tons
in 2021.

3.
According to the Argentine Financial News on November 6, the fifth CIIE provided an important opportunity
for Argentine enterprises to show their export potential.
The UAE delegation is composed of 20 companies, covering a variety of production fields such as wine, meat and aquatic products, and is included in the service trade promotion exhibition
for the first time.
Arab exports to China are mainly soybeans, shrimp and squid, accounting for 1.
06% of China's total imports, ranking
22nd.

4.
According to the official website of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on November 5, the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS) celebrated its 20th anniversary on October 27, and convened a Scientific Advisory Group meeting on November 2-4 to identify five heritage sites, including China's forest-mushroom co-breeding system, Mexico's Mayan traditional agroforestry system, Morocco's ancient agro-pastoral community, Spain's diversified mountain agri-food system, and Thailand's buffalo farming landscape
.
The FAO Global Agricultural Heritage Network currently covers 72 heritage systems
in 23 countries around the world.
China has a total of 19 projects, ranking first in the world, including 4 in Zhejiang, in addition to the Qingyuanlin-mushroom co-breeding system, the Qingtian rice-fish symbiosis system, the Shaoxing Huijishan Xiangqi Group, and the Huzhou Sanji Fish Pond System were successfully selected as globally important agricultural cultural heritage
in 2005, 2013 and 2018 respectively.

5.
The Gates Foundation pledged $1.
4 billion to help smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia cope with climate change and improve food security
, Reuters reported on November 7.
More than 2 billion people depend on smallholder farmers for food and income, but less than 2% of global climate-related funding is currently used to help them adapt to climate change
, the foundation said.

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