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Production for marketing year (MY) 2015/2016 is forecast to be down for wheat, sorghum and rice while the corn production forecast remains unchanged.

News on Developments in Agriculture and Food in Egypt.

2015/2016 wheat production is estimated at 5.6 million metric tons (mmt), but consumption is down slightly due to higher prices.

In response to the country’s worst drought in decades, Ethiopia is expected to import a record 2.5 million metric tons of wheat during MY15/16, which is more than double the amount from last year.

For MY 2015/16, FAS Rabat revised post’s estimate for wheat imports from 2.8 million MT to 3 million MT.

The Vietnam MY2014/2015 rice export is revised up from 6.3 million tons to 6.5 million tons, due to unexpected demand from Vietnam traditional markets at the end of calendar year 2015.

Post concurs with the USDA Official wheat estimates. Typhoon Koppu passed through the Philippines in October 2015 resulting in flooding of grain areas in Luzon.

The Government of Pakistan has set the wheat production target at a record 26 million metric tons for the 2015 Rabi (winter) season.

China is the second largest market for planting seeds after the United States. It is self-sufficient in planting seeds for grains, but imports some grass, vegetable, and fruit seeds.

According to the Bank of Guatemala (BANGUAT), the food processing industry in Guatemala for year 2015, will grow 3.5 percent and will contribute 0.67 percent to the total GDP.