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EU 2016/17 soybean imports down 6pc, palm oil down 17pc

  PARIS: European Union soybean imports in the 2016/17 season had reached 10.6 million tonnes by April 18, down
Published April 20, 2017

 

soyabean-1024PARIS: European Union soybean imports in the 2016/17 season had reached 10.6 million tonnes by April 18, down 6 percent from 11.3 million at the same stage last season, official data showed on Thursday.

In soymeal, cumulative EU imports so far in 2016/17 were 14.2 million tonnes, down 13 percent from 16.4 million a year ago.

Palm oil imports stood at 4.5 million tonnes, down 17 percent from 5.5 million tonnes a year earlier, the data showed.  (Reporting by Sybille de La Hamaide and Valerie Parent; Editing by Gus Trompiz)  April 20, 2017.

 

 

 

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