1.   A larger-than-expected harvest could mean China will need to import less grain this year, including wheat.

2.   More such family visits are planned, and South Korea has agreed to import grain to provide to its hunger-stricken communist neighbor.

3.   Shipping shares continued to rise amid optimism that they will profit from the rush to import grains before grain prices rise further, traders said.

4.   The loss in food production capacity is then offset by importing grain.

5.   Only Japan imports more grain.

6.   According to the Verslo Zinios newspaper, Belarus wants to import Lithuanian grain, flour and dairy products from Lithuania, the Baltic News Service reported.

7.   Bulgaria, a fertile, traditionally agriculturally-based country, has been forced to import grain from Serbia and India and flour from Romania.

8.   But as food prices began rising, the government was quick to release funds from its foreign exchange reserves to import grain and give special incentives to private importers.

9.   Despite a record-low harvest, Ukraine will not have to import grain, the deputy prime minister for agriculture said Thursday.

10.   Iran has traditionally imported its grain from Canada, Australia, the European countries and the Central Asian republic of Kazahkstan.