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(Adds agriculture ministry on winter wheat)
BEIJING, Nov 12 (Reuters) - China's official grain think tank
maintained its forecast for the country's 2009 corn output at 163
million tonnes, a fall of 1.8 percent from last year, in its
lastest forecast issued on Thursday.
The centre kept its forecast for soybean output unchanged
from last month's estimate of 14.5 million tonnes, which is 6.7
percent lower than last year, said the China National Grain and
Oils Information Centre (CNGOIC).