date:May 10, 2013
Favorable winter-weather conditions in parts of China this past year may produce a higher grain crop and cut the country's grain imports by almost 20 percent, according to a United Nation report.
China may produce 555.537 million metric tons of grain this year compared to 541.831 million tons in 2012, which could reduce grain imports by 17 percent during the 2012/13 marketing season, according to the report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.
[These predictions are] lower primarily be