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Post expects that Indian almond imports (shelled basis) in marketing year (MY) 2015/16 will reach 61,500 MT, a nine-percent decrease from the MY 2014/15.

Swine inventories are expected to grow by 3 percent in 2015 due to low prices of feed and continuing demand for pork on the domestic market.

Ministry of Agriculture’s Monitoring of Implementation of State Program 2013-2020 . . . Elena Gangalo Appointed New Deputy Minister of Agriculture . . .

On August 4, 2015, the Russian Government created the Commission on Import Substitution in the Russian economy.

On September 2, 2015, Russia notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of a draft of Common Quarantine Phytosanitary Requirements of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EAEU) via G/SPS/N/RUS/102.

The Government of India’s (GOI) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) published draft regulations regarding the use of plant sterol (phytosterols) as a food ingredient...

On September 9, 2015, the Government of India (GOI) notified draft Food Safety and Standards Amendment Regulations, 2015 to the World Trade Organization. The deadline for comments is November 8, 2015.

FSSAI amended the Food Safety and Standards (Food Product Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2015, to include maximum allowable limits for trans fatty acids.

On September 9, 2015, the Government of India (GOI) notified draft Food Safety and Standards Amendment Regulations, 2015 to the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Argentine beef exports for 2016 are forecast up at 280,000 tons carcass weight equivalent (cwe), the highest level of the past 7 years.

Prolonged persistent heat and lack of precipitation for several months are seriously affecting corn, soybean, fruit and vegetable production in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The United States exported $2.7 billion of tree nuts in 2014, a new record figure since 1970 and up 20 percent compared to last year.