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Wheat imports remain fairly steady at 3.9 and 4 million tons for MY 2014/15 and MY2015/16 respectively.

For nearly two years USDA agencies have engaged Barbados in bilateral discussions that recently culminated with issuance of clearer requirements for dairy products for human consumption...

Thailand’s MY2015/16 cotton imports are forecast to increase slightly from level’s in MY2014/15.

Favorable cotton prices relative to synthetic fibers prices, combined with the expansion of large mills, have led to higher imports and consumption of cotton.

Assuming average weather conditions, FAS/Moscow forecasts Russia’s 2015 grain and pulses production at 92 million metric tons (MMT), an 11 percent decrease from the crop in 2014...

On March 30, 2015, the Secretariat of Economy published an announcement in the Diario Oficial (Federal Register), increasing the maximum export limit of Mexican sugar to the United States.

On March 26, 2015, the Mexican Service of Administration and Disposition of Assets published an announcement in the Diario Oficial containing the public tender for the sale of nine sugar mills.

The following report provides a summary and update of the nine primary ports of entry (POE) located along the 1,900-mile-long United States–Mexico border.

On March 14, 2015, Peru’s Ministry of the Environment announced a fine structure for any company in non-compliance with the 10 year moratorium on genetically modified organisms.

Shrimp exports from Peru are estimated at 18, 000 MT in CY 2015, a six-fold increase from 2003 due to strong export demand.

Oilseed production in South Africa is expected to decrease by 15 percent in the 2014/15 MY, due to a mid-summer drought that hit the main summer rainfall producing areas.

Uzbekistan's marketing year (MY) 2014/15 final lint production estimate decreased to 4.25 million bales.