The Indian monsoon arrived late, so does that mean India might need to buy grain? What about China and new season barley? Grower meetings in SA, lupins and the recent GIMAF Forum are all in the GIMAF July 2019 Update.
Barley dominates the discussion in GIMAF’s June Update, amidst the industry campaign to raise MRL awareness, with the image below the first page of a statement on IMI-tolerant barley varieties. Other MRL issues are covered in the GIMAF Update, along with a pointer to Pulse Australia’s guidance note on the pulse market in India post-election.
China, Indonesia and ASEAN were the key topics were discussed in GIMAF Update March 2019, with key messages for barley growers ahead of the 2019 season.
GIMAF was active in China and Indonesia during March 2019, along with a visit to the GIWA Barley Autumn Forum in Perth. Barley was dominating the trade discussion space, however the strongly positive development in Indonesia was the signing of the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IA-CEPA) on 4 March.
The GIMAF Forum met in Canberra on 6 February, with China the principal topic for discussion – exploring the future and how to manage challenges for this market.
In addition to China the Forum discussed progress on the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IA-CEPA) and ongoing challenges for pulse exports to India.
All these topics and more appear in GIMAF Update February 2019.
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A GIMAF delegation to China in September 2018 heard how continued growth in feed demand was using up corn stocks and creating opportunities to explore new imports such as Australian lupins for stockfeed. Numerous meetings with government officials and trade sources combined for a strongly positive visit. The GIMAF Forum on 9 October received a report on China, as well as discussing Indonesia, India, prospects for grain imports and many other topics, all of which are covered in GIMAF Update October 2018.
Doing well, keep going. That would be the bottom-line message arising from this year’s review of the Industry Management Plan (IMP) that was developed to support the Australia-China Wheat and Barley Protocol for the supply of Australian wheat and barley to China.
China, India, Indonesia and Pakistan were on the agenda when the GIMAF Forum met in Canberra on 10 July, along with discussion about non-tariff measures and maximum residue limits, all of which are covered in GIMAF July 2018 Forum Outcomes.
GIMAF attended the Global Pulse Confederation convention in Colombo (Sri Lanka) during May as part of efforts to gain more information about likely market developments and any potential for shifts in Indian market support policies. Follow to this report and other developments for India.
GIMAF and GPA visited India in early February to better understand the agricultural trade policies of the Indian Government and to assess opportunities for Australian pulses in the year to come. Read the story in this link