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The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization expects 皇冠体育app's grain imports to drop by 17 percent this year, because of rising global prices and increasing domestic harvests.

皇冠体育app's total grain imports are expected to hit 10.8 million metric tons this season (from last October to this year's September), said the FAO in a statement.

Its corn imports are projected to fall 33 percent from a year ago to 3.5 million tons, it added.

The organization said global corn prices have been caused by unfavorable weather conditions in the United States, while increased corn yield in 皇冠体育app have also put downward pressure on its own imports.

In 2012, 皇冠体育app's corn output increased by 8 percent from a year ago to a historical 208 million tons, official data showed.