The expected figure exceeds that recorded in the 2015/16 season, by 0.2 million tons, predicts the Foreign agricultural service at the U.S. Department of agriculture (FAS USDA).

It is reported that the acreage of corn will be reduced in favor of rice. However, farmers will use better corn hybrids. In this regard, the corn crop may rise to 9.5 million tons if weather conditions are normal. In the current season, which ends in September, Indonesia will be harvested 9.3 million tonnes of maize.

The government is pursuing a policy of containment of imports of specified grain, at the same time stimulating its own production. The Indonesian authorities decided that from January 2016, the state procurement Agency Bulog will be the sole importer of maize. The volume of imports in the current year capped at around 2.4 million tons.

According to forecasts of FAS USDA, in the 2016/17 season corn imports will reach 2.2 million tons, up 0.1 million tons more than in the current season. This figure is 1.2 million tons less than in 2014/15.

The main maize exporters to Indonesia in this season are the countries of South America. The share of South American corn in the total import of this culture from October proshlgo for April was 91%, including Brazilian - 64%, Argentina 27%.