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Cherry production for 2015-16 is forecast to recover to 16,000 metric tonnes, following a decline in 2014/15 due to adverse seasonal conditions.

On August 3, 2015, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) issued Circular 25/2015/TT-BCT on providing the principles of management of the import tariff quota on sugar in 2015.

SAGARPA published in the Diario Oficial (Federal Register), on August 11, 2015 an announcement containing a modification to an official standard NOM-032-FITO-1995...

With the removal in January of 2014 of a 5 CHF duty per straw, U.S. bovine genetic exports to Switzerland have been on the rise.

The Government of Punjab, Pakistan’s largest agricultural province, is proposing minimum standards for imported semen that would severely restrict farmer access to improved dairy and beef semen.

Highlights: U.S. egg products, including shell eggs, powdered and liquid egg products, will be required to have a health certificate for export to Hong Kong effective December 5, 2015.

Germany as part of the European Community has implemented EU regulations for the import of products of animal and plant origin.

Jordan’s biotechnology draft biosafety law based on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, which among other issues mandates the labeling of biotech products, has yet to be approved since its drafting..

For the 2015/16 season, Japanese cherry production is expected to revert to normal levels following last year’s increased production, as there was some frost damage in the spring.

The MY 2015 Turkish cotton crop is estimated at 370,000 hectares and 580,000 MT (2.6 million bales).

FAS/Moscow forecasts Russian broiler production to increase to 3.65 million metric tons (MMT) in 2016 as producers are expected to benefit from stable feed prices and reduced imports...

Post forecasts broiler production to increase by 5 percent in 2016 to nearly 13.5 million metric tons as a result of stable feed costs and higher exports...