美国农业部（USDA）：2025日本谷物与饲料市场年度报告（英文版）（27页）.pdf

1、 THIS REPORT CONTAINS ASSESSMENTS OF COMMODITY AND TRADE ISSUES MADE BY USDA STAFF AND NOT NECESSARILY STATEMENTS OF OFFICIAL U.S.GOVERNMENT POLICY Required Report:Required-Public Distribution Date:March 19,2025 Report Number:JA2025-0012 Report Name:Grain and Feed Annual Country:Japan Post:Tokyo Rep

2、ort Category:Grain and Feed Prepared By:Keiko Fujibayashi Approved By:Erica Summe Report Highlights:The Ministry of Agriculture has taken unprecedented steps to alleviate the soaring rice prices that have plagued Japan since the summer 2024 rice shortage.These steps include the release of government

3、 contingency rice reserves,a move typically done to provide natural disaster relief.Consequently,demand for imported rice has been strong,and FAS/Tokyo estimates an increase in rice imports in MY2024/2025 but forecasts no further growth in imports for MY2025/26,due to a projected increase in table r

4、ice production in response to the high prices.FAS/Tokyo forecasts higher corn imports for MY2025/26 due to a projected increase in feed demand instead of rice,sorghum,wheat,and barley.Additionally,FAS/Tokyo anticipates an increase in food wheat and food barley imports in MY2024/25,following smaller

5、domestic harvests.However,it forecasts wheat and barley imports to decrease in MY2025/26 based on the projected recovery in production for both crops and smaller feed demand for barley.Executive Summary The Ministry of Agriculture,Forestry and Fisheries(MAFF)has implemented significant measures to a

6、ddress the high rice prices that have been rising since the domestic rice shortage in the summer of 2024.Although the new crop arrived in supermarkets last September,somewhat alleviating the shortage,prices have continued to soar and are nearly 80 percent higher in January 2025 compared to a year ag