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Singapore is one of the world’s most open economies and highly dependent upon international trade as it imports 90 percent of its food needs.

On October 24, 2017, Taiwan completed normal tender GF4-106-086 for 6,000 tons of U.S. rice (6,900 tons on a brown rice basis).

Post forecasts that South Africa will export about 2 million tons of corn in the 2017/18 MY, drawing on a relatively large carry-over stock from the 2016/17 MY.

On October 25, 2017, the Government of Russia issued decree No. 1292, expanding the ban on the imports of agricultural products from the countries that applied economic sanctions against Russia....

The Technical Regulation of the Russia-Kazakhstan-Belarus-Armenia-Kyrgyzstan Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) “On Safety of Packaged Potable Water Including Natural Mineral Water”....

Russia is harvesting its largest ever grain crop that may exceed 128 MMT according to official reports.

Tropical Storm Nate passed through Costa Rica in early October causing widespread damage to infrastructure and to agriculture.

Mexican federal biotechnology regulators gain custody of genetically engineered (GE) cotton fields as a precautionary measure after finding events, not explicitly mentioned on permits, were granted...

Currently, broiler production in South Africa is under pressure due to the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N8).

MY 2017/18 milled rice production at 107.5 million metric tons (MMT) on lower than expected planting and yield due to suboptimal weather conditions during critical growth stages....

Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) and its Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) presented their draft interim report on expanding Japan’s Country of Origin Labeling...

After storms decimated Japanese potato production in marketing year (MY) 2016/17, FAS/Tokyo forecasts a substantial recovery of Japanese potato production in MY 2017/18 to 2.315 million metric tons...