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This year’s production of ware potatoes is expected to be 5 percent lower than the five-year average and down by 15 percent compared to last year, due mainly to lower yields.

For calendar year (CY) 2016 broiler production is projected to increase by approximately eight percent to 4.2 million tons on rising demand from the growing middle class.

The EU sugar production for food for MY 2015/16 is forecast at 16.1 million MT, down from 16.750 million MT in MY 2014/15.

Poland became one of the major producers of poultry meat in the European Union. In the last 10 years Polish poultry production doubled and reached 2.2 million MT in 2014.

In 2014 the total fish catch was 170,500 MT, which included the Baltic Sea and long-distance fisheries.

On September15, 2015, India notified to the World Trade Organization (WTO) draft regulations which establish limits for phytosterol in certain food products.

Cheese production is growing at approximately 15 percent per year, in response to growing demand driven by India’s young demography and increasing urban middle class.

This report covers major agricultural developments in Jordan during September 2015.

Hong Kong is expected to implement regulatory control of edible fats and oils following a public consultation period which will impact $14 million in U.S. exports of vegetable and animal fat exports..

Ministry of Agriculture announced several cases of imported animal feeds and feed supplements that had not properly registered the GE (genetically engineered) soybean content in the feed.

Egyptian wood sector industry is poised to grow domestically, as the Government of Egypt engages in large-scale infrastructure projects...

In addition to China’s growing demand for oilseed products, the low price of soybeans is expected to push China’s soybean imports to exceed 76 million tons in MY14/15, up from the 70.4 million tons...