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Russia Extends Food Import Ban for 1 1/2 Years … Draft federal laws on retail trade in food products are ready for President’s signing… Tax Code amended…

On June, 29th 2016 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed Decree #305, extending the ban on certain imported foods from the United States, Canada, the European Union...

In 2016 Poland’s total production of biofuels is estimated at 0.8 MMT of biodiesel and 0.2 MMT of bioethanol.

The institutional food service sector in Saudi Arabia is expected to have a strong growth in the next five years.

India is a small and growing market for imported consumer food products. India’s modern retail sector is expanding and young and higher income consumers are trying global cuisines.

The Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries (DAHDF) revised the Guidelines for Export/import of Bovine Germplasm, which mainly includes revised requirements for importing....

The Government of India’s (GOI) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) issued an order that repeals the earlier clause on duty-free shops from the 2016 Food Import Regulations.

Bulgarian farmers increased rapeseed planted area by 5% and soybean area was reported to decline by 42%.

The proposal for an up to 18-month extension for the authorization of Glyphosate is now scheduled to be voted at the Appeal Committee on June 24...

In 2015, the European Commission (EC) officially introduced a seven percent cap on food based biofuels thus limiting future production of these first generation or conventional biofuels....

Total wheat production for Turkey is forecast at 17.5 MMT in MY2016/17. Barley production in Turkey is forecast at 4.75 MMT in MY2016/17, down 35 percent from the MY2015/16 estimate.

For MY 2016/17, Post is lowering its estimates for wheat production from 3.7 to 2.8 million MT and barley production from 1 million MT to 0.9 million MT.