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Export prices further increased 3 to 5 percent due mainly to the demand for white rice from Indonesia.

MY2017/18 corn production is revised up to 5 million metric tons which is 4 percent lower than production in MY2016/17.

Export prices further increased 3 to 5 percent due mainly to the demand for white rice from the Indonesia government.

On January 19, 2018, the Government of India’s (GOI) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) issued direction to allow the use of stickers for stamping fortification logos....

Commencing February 15, 2018, the Jordanian government is imposing a 20 percent sales tax on 164 items, mostly food and beverage products (including carbonated drinks)....

Domestic and export rice prices did not change from the previous week. The Thai government finalized the sale of 1.96 million metric tons of rice stocks.

For marketing year (MY) 2017/18 (May to April), Post’s estimates for total rice area and production is lowered to 11.3 million hectares and 33.1 million tons (MMT) due to heavy and prolonged rain....

In an effort to tackle food price inflation, Turkey has implemented temporary tariff reductions on rice.

Jordan is replacing its bread subsidy program with targeted supports starting February 1, 2018.

The marketing year (MY) 2017/18 corn production estimate has been revised upward to 26.8 MMT, with harvested area estimated at 7.23 million hectares, reflecting official information....

On December 26, 2017, the Secretariat of Economy (SE) published in Mexico’s Federal Register (“Diario Oficial” – DOF) three announcements modifying tariff rate quotas (TRQs) for five products.

In late 2017, Ethiopia contracted to buy 800,000 metric tons of imported wheat, valued at $225 million.