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Sri Lanka's National Plant Quarantine Service (NPQS) (national authority) has revised wheat grains import regulations. Previously the national authority had issued a blanket approval for the import of wheat for flour milling for human consumption.

Monthly report on crop acreage, yield and production in major countries worldwide. Sources include reporting from FAS’s worldwide offices, official statistics of foreign governments....

This monthly report includes data on U.S. and global trade, production, consumption and stocks, as well as analysis of developments affecting world trade in grains.

Global prices for wheat and rice have risen during the past year due to lower production, export restrictions among major suppliers, and strong foreign demand.

Favorable weather conditions have allowed a second consecutive sizeable winter grains crop in Spain.

Algeria’s Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) by region shows the vegetation index within normal range.

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.