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Middle East, Mediterranean and Africa Regional Analysis

Regional UpdatesMEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA/AFRICA – MEA REGIONTunisia will shortly receive a shipment of 33,000 MT of U.S. corn, the first shipment in quite a while. The U.S. Grains Council office in Tunis says that they expect more U.S. corn imports in the coming weeks.Morocco has a combo vessel of U.S. soymeal and DDGS enroute from the U.S. with a total cargo of 33,000 MT. Morocco is a regular importer of U.S. soymeal and DDGS.   Saudi’s SALIC – Saudi Agriculture and Livestock Investment Company – is expected to purchase the 65 percent of Singapore based Olam Group that it does not own based on SALIC’s recent offer. If completed this will allow SALIC to expand its international agri-food operations. Olam is in the ag...

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feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

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feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

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