In 2018, free from food retail sales in Portugal reached $132 million, 11 percent higher than the previous year.
The recovery of monsoon rain levels in August has led to improved soil moisture in Central India which will bolster crop development.
On August 28, China’s State Council Customs Tariff Commission (SCCTC) announced that China will administer a second round of tariff exclusions for certain imports originating from the United States...
Attaché Report (GAIN)

Japan: Current Impact of Fall Armyworm Limited

Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) confirmed Japan’s first outbreak of Spodoptera frugiperda, or Fall Armyworm (FAW).
Attaché Report (GAIN)

Pakistan: Sugar Update

Pakistan’s cabinet-level Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) authorized Rs. 6.5 billion ($65 million) to facilitate the export of sugar from stocks that are currently with sugar mills.
On February 6, 2015, the Secretariat of Economy (SE) published the guidelines for Mexican sugar export licenses required in the antidumping and countervailing duty suspension agreements...