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Germany has 81 million of the world’s wealthiest consumers and is by far the biggest market in the European Union. The German market offers good opportunities for U.S. exporters...

The German food service sector is large, fragmented, and highly competitive. Foodservice sales continue to be led primarily by independent full service restaurants.

This report provides EU-28 production, supply, and demand forecasts for fresh apples, fresh pears, and table grapes.

Chileans are now demanding more choice not only in products in supermarkets but also in restaurants and cafés.

Chile keeps recording increasing demand for premium processed food and beverages providing convenience and health benefits.

Overall dairy exports to Chile were up by 24% in the first eight months of CY 2015, when local producer prices were lower and are expected to maintain similar levels for CY2016.

Apple production in Mexico for marketing year (MY) 2015/16 (August/July) is forecast at 700,000 metric tons (MT), a smaller crop compared to MY 2014/15.

FAS/Astana estimates Kazakhstan’s wheat production in MY 2015/16 at 14 MMT, almost 1 MMT more than 12.99 MMT in MY 2014/2015, due to higher average country yields this year.

2015/2016 sunflower production is revised down to 2.61 million tons on an increasingly less profitable situation, especially in Buenos Aires and La Pampa provinces.

On October 16 Russian meat producing giant ABH “Miratorg” reported operational results for the first nine months of 2015. The company produced 309.9 TMT of pork, 50 TMT of broiler meat...

Post forecasts the 2015/16 soybean production at a record of 98.5 million metric tons despite the slow planting start for the second year in a row in the center-west region.

Post revises rice production upward, despite a decline in planted area, based on record average yields of 5.33 MT/ha, due to favorable weather in September.