The European Union's soybean imports for the 2022/23 crop year have decreased by 14.6% to 8.45 million tonnes, compared to the previous year. On the other hand, rapeseed imports have seen a significant increase of 54% to 5.87 million tonnes. Soybean meal imports have decreased by 4.6% to 11.24 million tonnes, while palm oil imports have reduced by 29% to 2.65 million tonnes. However, the European Commission has expressed difficulties in compiling grain trade figures from Germany and Italy, with concerns over the accuracy of German export data and incompleteness of Italian import data.