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Thailand: Grain and Feed Update

The forecast for MY2017/18 main crop rice production is revised down slightly due to higher than expected flooding damage to fragrant rice.
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U.S. Agricultural Exports to Colombia, 2002-2016

Line graphic illustrating the effects of the U.S. - Colombia free trade agreement which went into effect in 2012.
Infographic showing U.S. agricultural exports to Colombia in 2016. Total U.S. agricultural exports reached $2.4 billion.
On November 14, 2017, Egypt’s Administrative Court took the lawsuit filed against Prime Minister Sherif Ismail’s Prime Ministerial Decree No. 2992 (2016); the plaintiff seeks to revert the decree....
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Burma: Pest Risk Analysis Requirement Update

On November 6, 2017, the Plant Protection Division updated its list of U.S. commodities that are allowed to be imported into Myanmar.
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Agricultural Exports Finish Strong in FY 2017

U.S. farm and food exports climbed eight percent in FY 2017, reaching the third-highest level on record.
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Egypt: Egypt's New Guidelines for Wheat Imports

The Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation’s Central Administration Plant Quarantine issued on October 31, 2017, Directive No. 48 – Regarding Special and Complementary Regulations....
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Ethiopia: Ethiopia Looking Again to Buy More Wheat

In late October, Ethiopia announced another tender for 400,000 metric tons of milling wheat.
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Malaysia: Food Processing Ingredients

The overall food processing sector is growing 3 percent per year, with dairy, bakery, and processed fish products leading.
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South Korea: Grain and Feed Update

Rice ending stocks are projected to decrease to 1.7 million metric tons (MMT) and 1.2 MMT in marketing year (MY) 2016/17 and MY 2017/18 respectively, as the Korean government has begun allowing....
The Ministry of Agricultural Policy and Food of Ukraine (MAPF) and representatives of local nongovernmental organizations signed an Addendum to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on grain....
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Bangladesh: Grain and Feed Update

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....