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On September 11, 2018, the Thai Excise Department issued a new Excise Department Notification, which extends the timeline for the full implementation of the Certificate of Analysis....

Total raw sugar production in MY 2018/19 (December/November) will reach 2.225 MMT, up slightly from the previous year, with cane production expected to be about 24 MMT.

On September 28, 2018, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry issued a notification extending the quantitative restrictions (QRs) on imports of all peas by another three months until December 31, 2018.

The cumulative rainfall for the Southwest Monsoon 2018 reported by the Indian Meteorological Department, as of September 23, 2018, was 9 percent lower than the fifty-year average.

In MY2017/18, Chilean almond import volume increased by 32.5 percent and exports increased by 5.4 percent over MY2016/17.

On September 14, 2018, Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) proposed a new Japan Agricultural Standard (JAS) for organic restaurant management.

The Department of Agriculture made changes to the process for registering new plant varieties.

Post revises its forecast for soybean imports for marketing year (MY) 2018/19 (calendar year [CY] 2019) at 2 million metric tons (MMT), a significant increase from the MY2017/18 estimate....

MY2018/19 sugarcane production is expected to decline 4 percent from MY2017/18 reducing sugar production to 13.8 million metric tons.

Post estimates that the decreasing trend in sorghum production in South Africa will continue in the 2018/19 MY.

The Belgian government announced in late August 2018 the introduction of a voluntary scheme for front of pack nutritional labeling.

Pulses are a major source of protein for a majority of Indians, particularly the vegetarian population.