Regional Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA/AFRICA – MEA REGION Iran, Bangladesh, and the UAE were major destinations for Indian soymeal exports in March 2024, representing 78 percent of exports – Bangladesh 33,000 MT, Iran 88,000 MT, and UAE 18,000 MT. Iran imported 429,000 MT of soymeal in 12 months of 2023/24 after importing none in 2022/23. Bangladesh imported a total of 893,000 MT of soymeal and rapeseed meal in 2023/24, up by 57 percent over 2022/23. India exported 2.1 MMT of soymeal in the 2023/24. Iraqi officials are in the Kurdistan Autonomous Region (KRG) of Iraq to discuss/arrange wheat purchases for 2024. The KRG is forecast to produce about 2.5 MMT of wheat in 2024 with an expected 500,000 MT going to...
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