Jordan’s grain import rules are said to be having a very serious effect on business there as can be seen by the lack of bidders in recent tenders and the government’s continual passing on the few offers received.

  Regional Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST COMMENTS Middle East/North Africa (MENA) regional importers of Indian soymeal have almost totally stopped buying that origin as the prices are much too high for the current market. Oman, Kuwait and Iran have purchased just over 30,000 MT in total during April-November versus 265,000 MT for the same period in 2014. Iran has shown the largest decrease with a drop totaling 230,000 MT. Indian soymeal is not going to be competitive in the MENA region until world prices...