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Table 11 Soybean Area, Yield, and Production    Date Created  07/12/2017 12:03:07 PM

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Country/Region Area (Million hectares) Yield (Metric tons per hectare) Production (Million metric tons) Change in Production   2017/18 Proj.   2017/18 Proj.   2017/18 Proj. From last month From last year 2015/16 Prel. 2016/17 Jun Jul 2015/16 Prel. 2016/17 Jun Jul 2015/16 Prel. 2016/17 Jun Jul MMT Percent MMT Percent World 120.08 120.50 126.60 126.94 2.61 2.92 2.72 2.72 312.87 351.78 344.67 345.09 0.42 0.12 -6.69 -1.90 United States 33.08 33.48 35.86 35.91 3.23 3.50 3.23 3.23 106.86 117.21 115.80 115.94 0.14 0.12 -1.27 -1.08 Total Foreign 87.00 87.01 90.74 91.03 2.37 2.70 2.52 2.52 206.01 234.57 228.87 229.15 0.28 0.12 -5.42 -2.31   South America     Brazil 33.30 33.90 34.70 34.70 2.90 3.36 3.08 3.08 96.50 114.00 107.00 107.00 0.00 0.00 -7.00 -6.14   Argentina 19.53 18.35 19.10 19.10 2.91 3.15 2.98 2.98 56.80 57.80 57.00 57.00 0.00 0.00 -0.80 -1.38   Paraguay 3.26 3.39 3.40 3.40 2.82 3.15 2.76 2.76 9.22 10.67 9.40 9.40 0.00 0.00 -1.27 -11.86   Bolivia 0.99 1.13 1.23 1.23 2.39 1.86 2.45 2.45 2.37 2.11 3.00 3.00 0.00 0.00 0.89 42.38   Uruguay 1.14 1.22 1.25 1.25 1.94 2.80 2.40 2.40 2.21 3.40 3.00 3.00 0.00 0.00 -0.40 -11.76   East Asia     China 6.51 7.20 7.60 7.80 1.81 1.79 1.82 1.79 11.79 12.90 13.80 14.00 0.20 1.45 1.10 8.53   Korea, South 0.06 0.05 0.07 0.07 1.82 1.53 1.79 1.79 0.10 0.08 0.12 0.12 0.00 0.00 0.05 60.00   Korea, North 0.16 0.15 0.15 0.15 1.39 1.33 1.33 1.33 0.22 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00   Japan 0.14 0.15 0.16 0.16 1.70 1.57 1.68 1.68 0.24 0.24 0.26 0.26 0.00 0.00 0.02 10.17   India 11.67 11.40 12.00 12.00 0.59 1.01 0.96 0.96 6.93 11.50 11.50 11.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00   Canada 2.20 2.22 2.90 2.90 2.90 2.95 2.90 2.90 6.37 6.55 8.40 8.40 0.00 0.00 1.85 28.24   Former Soviet Union - 12     Russia 2.08 2.12 2.20 2.20 1.30 1.48 1.50 1.50 2.71 3.13 3.30 3.30 0.00 0.00 0.17 5.30   Ukraine 2.14 1.85 2.00 2.00 1.84 2.31 2.30 2.30 3.93 4.28 4.60 4.60 0.00 0.00 0.32 7.48   European Union 0.87 0.81 0.88 0.88 2.67 2.98 2.80 2.80 2.32 2.41 2.45 2.45 0.00 0.00 0.04 1.58   Southeast Asia     Indonesia 0.44 0.43 0.42 0.42 1.32 1.31 1.29 1.29 0.58 0.57 0.54 0.54 0.00 0.00 -0.03 -4.42   Vietnam 0.09 0.10 0.11 0.11 1.57 1.57 1.57 1.57 0.15 0.16 0.17 0.17 0.00 0.00 0.01 5.10   Thailand 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 1.76 1.78 1.77 1.77 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.00 -3.51   Burma 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 1.07 1.07 1.07 1.07 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00   Serbia 0.22 0.19 0.20 0.20 2.20 3.51 2.63 2.63 0.48 0.65 0.53 0.53 0.00 0.00 -0.13 -19.23   Mexico 0.25 0.28 0.24 0.24 1.36 1.81 1.75 1.75 0.33 0.51 0.42 0.42 0.00 0.00 -0.09 -17.65   Africa     South Africa 0.50 0.57 0.65 0.65 1.48 2.33 1.69 1.69 0.74 1.34 1.10 1.10 0.00 0.00 -0.24 -17.91   Nigeria 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.96 0.96 0.96 0.96 0.68 0.68 0.68 0.68 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00   Zambia 0.11 0.14 0.14 0.23 2.02 1.94 1.94 1.56 0.23 0.27 0.27 0.35 0.08 30.97 0.08 30.97   Uganda 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00   Middle East     Iran 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 2.44 2.44 2.44 2.44 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00   Turkey 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.02 3.70 3.33 3.86 3.86 0.10 0.10 0.09 0.09 0.00 0.00 -0.02 -15.00   Others 0.32 0.33 0.33 0.33 1.86 1.84 1.86 1.86 0.59 0.60 0.62 0.62 0.00 0.00 0.02 3.33