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MY2016/17 sugar production is revised down to 9.3 million metric tons, a five percent reduction from MY2015/16 due to severe drought during growing stage of sugarcane crop.

MY2016/17 rice and corn production are revised up due to favorable weather conditions. Bumper rice production is expected in MY2016/17, as a result of an anticipated full recovery in the off-season...

Sugar production is forecast at 5.4 million metric tons, up slightly from a year ago.

For Marketing Year 2016/2017 (MY16/17), Post forecasts overall production to be higher than MY MY15/16, at 450,000 MT.

Post estimates total grain production at 11.5 million MT, including 5.6 million MT of common wheat, 2.4 million MT of durum wheat, and 3.5 million MT of barley

On September 28, 2016, the Japanese Government announced it will import another 4,000 metric tons of butter, which would bring total Japanese fiscal year 2016 butter imports to a record high...

China’s MY2016/17 fresh potato production is forecast to increase three percent to 100 million metric tons (MMT) due to an expansion of potato acreage and normal weather conditions in major...

India’s CY 2017 fluid milk production is estimated to increase by four percent to 160 million metric tons (MMT) assuming a normal monsoon.

ndian centrifugal sugar production in marketing year (MY) 2016/17 (out-year) is revised down by six percent to 23.9 million metric tons (MMT).

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) and the Japanese Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) are considering instituting country of origin labeling (COOL) requirements...

Mexican sugar production for marketing year 2015/16 is forecast to be at 6.5 million metric tons raw-value (MMT-RV), although there is not yet an official forecast.

There have not been any significant developments to report since last year’s 2015 report...