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Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries resumed domestic efforts to promote the Japanese Geographical Indication system by launching a series of nine public information sessions across Japan.

On April 21, 2015, the Canadian government tabled its annual budget.

On April 22, 2015, the Russian government published on its website, key results of the Ministry of Agriculture in 2014, submitted by the agency for the GOR’s review on March 15, 2015.

U.S. ethanol exports rebounded in 2014, with value and volume both up approximately 35 percent from the previous year, although still below the record set in 2011.

Brazilian sugarcane production is projected at 648 million metric tons for the 2015/16 marketing year, up 3 percent from revised estimates for the previous year.

FAS/Moscow forecasts Russia’s sugar beet production in 2015 at 38 million metric tons (MMT), a 13 percent increase from last year, which was the lowest crop since 2011.

After rising for several weeks, rice prices declined to late March levels as supplies of offseason rice continue coming into the market.