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During the past decade, Turkey has emerged as a major exporter of agricultural products, both to the Middle East and other markets.

French wheat exports to Algeria decreased by almost 47 percent due to a lack of available quality and quantity, opening Algeria to exports from Poland and Germany.

On November 21, 2014 the State Council published a draft Grain Law soliciting public comments until December 21, 2014.

Mexican fresh orange and grapefruit production drop slightly, whereas lemon and lime production grow. Imports of all citrus are expected to remain the same.

The production of all citrus fruit increased in marketing year (MY) 2013. Exports increased in MY 2013 because of the high production and favorable prices.

Production of all three types of citrus in MY 2014/2015 is estimated to rebound, as a result of good weather conditions and the recuperation of plants that had been previously affected by frosts.

Milk, cheese, butter and skim milk powder production is forecast to increase in 2015 due to the need to build stocks.

EU-28 citrus production is forecast at approximately 11 MMT, a slight decrease of 3.2 percent from the previous campaign.

Post forecasts Israel’s MY 2014/15 (October-September) citrus production at 604 thousand metric tons (TMT), up nearly 17 percent from MY2013/14.

Korea’s total citrus production for Marketing Year (MY) 2014/15 is forecast at 688,000 metric tons (MT), 2.4 percent higher than the 672,000 MT of MY 2013/14.

The U.S. has long been the leading supplier of wines to the Philippines and, since 2009, the Philippines has been the largest U.S. wine market in Southeast Asia in terms of volume.

This report outlines regulatory requirements for food and agricultural product imports into Brazil, including import procedures.