India's wheat production expected to increase or decrease imports

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india's wheat production expected to increase or decrease imports

2016-02-19 14:13 |
source: China Grain Network |
 

india's wheat output in 2015/16 will increase by 8.4 from the previous year to 93.8 million tons, thus easing the pressure of expanding imports and increasing supply. This estimate is higher than the median estimate of 84.5 million tons released last week. Due to the weather, India's wheat production fell to a five-year low of 86.5 million tons last year, and the production of rice, corn and soybeans was also affected to varying degrees. India is expected to import large quantities of palm oil, soybean oil, corn, etc. to meet domestic demand. Pramod Kumar, executive manager of a Bangalore-based agri-food company, said that if the Indian government's estimates were accurate, it would no longer need to import wheat. He believes that India's wheat output this year will not exceed 82 million to 85 million tons due to the reduction of planting area and hot weather during the planting period. Indian farmers sow wheat in October-November and begin harvesting in March of the following year.