While supply prospects for all four AMIS crops are favourable and markets are expected to remain generally well balanced in 2020/21, the health and economic consequences of COVID-19 coupled with intensifying trade uncertainties jeopardize food market stability. The many forces currently at play render predicting how markets will evolve in the coming months most challenging. Faced with this unprecedented situation, the need for international collaboration to help reassure the orderly flow of food products has never been greater.