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FAS Mumbai forecasts MY 2017/18 cotton production at 30.1 million 480 lb. bales on acreage slightly over 12.2 million hectares.

CY 2018 water buffalo meat (carabeef) and beef production is projected to increase marginally by one percent to 4.3 million metric tons (MMT) carcass weight equivalent....

Higher cotton prices in MY16/17 and continued government support to cotton production stimulated the recovery of Chinese cotton planted area in MY17/18, up 5.9 percent to 3.12 million hectares....

Broiler meat production in Saudi Arabia is expected to reach 760,000 MT in 2017, about 9 percent higher than USDA’s official estimate.

On August 16, 2017, Government of India notified to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Draft Food Safety and Standards Amendment Regulations 2017 (Food Products Standards and Food Additives)....

On August 16, 2017, Government of India notified standards for Colostrum and Colostrum Products for comments to the World Trade Organization (WTO). The deadline for comments is October 15, 2017.

Production of red meat in 2017 is expected to decrease following weak domestic demand.

According to Russia’s Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat), Russia’s headline consumer price index (CPI) rose to 4.4 percent year-on-year in June, 2017, from 3.5 percent at the end of March....

On August 21, 2017, the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) published Decision No. 97 of August 18, 2017, establishing tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) and respective volumes for imports of meat, poultry....

Italy is a leading European consumer of wood pellets (approximately 3 million metric tons per year), with domestic consumption representing 96 percent of total use.

On January 24, 2017, OAA Rome paid a visit to the Padano Science and Technology Park (PTP) to learn about the latest innovative agricultural research being conducted in Italy....

FAS Cairo forecasts calf crop production in 2018 to increase to 1.93 million head, up 4 percent from 1.85 million head in 2017.