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The seminar tour, “U.S.-EU Organic Trade: High Standards and Big Opportunities”, was organized by the Organic Trade Association and the United States Department of Agriculture.

There continues to be significant discussion over the short-term effects of the government’s decision to delay the reduction of soybean export taxes; and the introduction of a 5 percent export tax...

Saudi Arabia applies Gulf Standardization Organization (GSO) biotech regulations on food and agricultural products. The GSO regulations, issued in 2011, call for biotech labeling if the biotech...

The Korean pear industry is projected to continue declining, as both supply and demand for the fruit come under pressure.

Pakistan’s shift from an importer of soybean meal to an importer of soybeans continues following adjustments to the tariff schedule two years ago.

News on developments in agriculture and food in Egypt.

The National Committee for the Sustainable Development of Sugarcane (CONADESUCA) through the Secretariat Economy published in the Diario Oficial (Federal Register), the standard sugar reference...

Apple production in Mexico for marketing year (MY) 2016/17 (August/July) is forecast at 730,000 metric tons (MT), a smaller crop compared to MY 2015/16 due to weather issues.

Mexico’s commercial fluid milk production in 2017 is forecast at 12.2 million MT, up slightly from2016. Commercial fluid milk production, while slightly increasing, is constrained by an older herd..

New regulations will change inspection fees for imports of uncooked meat and slaughtering fee ceilings (the equivalent to inspection fees) for domestic livestock.

Korean ending stocks of rice are revised upward to 1.7 MMT and 1.8 MMT in MY 2015/16 and 2016/17, respectively. Stocks continue to grow as a result of continued decline in per capita rice...

EU-28 commercial apple production in MY 2016/17 is estimated at 11.3 MMT, a two percent decrease compared to the previous year, as weather related dramatic losses in Central-East EU...