{"id":3438,"date":"2014-10-09T13:37:45","date_gmt":"2014-10-09T13:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grains.org\/ltamex\/register-today-to-meet-buyers-and-end-users-from-the-rapidly-modernizing-economic-powerhouse-of-southeast-asia\/"},"modified":"2014-10-09T13:37:45","modified_gmt":"2014-10-09T13:37:45","slug":"register-today-to-meet-buyers-and-end-users-from-the-rapidly-modernizing-economic-powerhouse-of-southeast-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grains.org\/ltamex\/register-today-to-meet-buyers-and-end-users-from-the-rapidly-modernizing-economic-powerhouse-of-southeast-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"Register Today to Meet Buyers and End-Users from the Rapidly Modernizing Economic Powerhouse of Southeast Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two trade teams from the rising economic powerhouse of Southeast Asia will meet with U.S. exporters of coarse grains and co-products at Export Exchange 2014, scheduled for Oct. 20 to 22 in Seattle, Washington. <\/p>\n

Export Exchange is the premier conference for international buyers and end-users of coarse grains and co-products to network with U.S. suppliers and agribusinesses. It is held every other year by the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) and the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA). <\/p>\n

\u201cThe potential for Southeast Asian countries is\u2014simply put\u2014remarkable,\u201d said Kevin Roepke, USGC regional director of South and Southeast Asia. \u201cIn 1990, 60 percent of the population was living on less than $1.25 per day. Today, that number is cut in half to 30 percent of the population living on less than $1.25 per day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Consumption of food is growing at double digit rates annually throughout the region. The region\u2019s meat production has grown from 12 million metric tons in 2004 to almost 18 million tons today, a 50 percent increase. Broiler meat production has doubled since 2004, led by expansions in Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam. The expansion of livestock production in this feed-deficient region is the primary driver of growth in the trade of coarse grains and their co-products, including distiller\u2019s dried grains with solubles (DDGS).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe region as a whole has a total corn demand of more than 25 million tons (984.2 million bushels), with an annual import demand of more than 8 million tons (315 million bushels)\u2014most of that coming from Indonesia and Vietnam,\u201d Roepke said. \u201cAt 8 million tons (315 million bushels) of corn imports, that puts the region close to the world\u2019s largest corn importers, countries like South Korea and Egypt.\u201d<\/p>\n

The region also is very interested in corn co-products.  <\/p>\n

\u201cAs a result of USGC programs, Indonesia is now the world\u2019s largest importer of corn gluten meal, and Southeast Asia imports more than a million tons of DDGS per year,\u201d Roepke said.   <\/p>\n

Participants from Southeast Asia are scheduled to include representatives from the following companies: <\/p>\n

Bangladesh<\/p>\n