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Rice export prices increased 1 percent due mainly to the strengthening Thai baht.

FAS Post estimates India’s marketing year (MY) 2019/20 cotton production at 29.3 million 480 lb. bales (37.5 million 170-kilogram bales/6.4 MMT) with a planting area of 12.5 million hectares.

On May 20, 2019, China’s National Health Commission and the State Administration of Market Regulation jointly issued a draft National Food Safety Standard on Evaporated and Condensed Milk....

On May 20, 2019, China’s National Health Commission and the State Administration of Market Regulation jointly issued the draft National Food Safety Standard on Processed Cheese....

On May 20, 2019, China’s National Health Commission and the State Administration of Market Regulation jointly issued a draft National Food Safety Standard on Cheese for domestic comments....

For the 2019/20 harvest, Post forecasts a modest soybean planted area expansion to 37 million hectares, up from 36.2 million hectares in the current season.

Panama’s food processing ingredients market is valued at $110 million annually with U.S. products holding 60 percent of the market share.

In 2018, Canada’s total food and beverage industry sector sales reached $87 billion.

A four-person U.S. pulse industry team visited Karachi during April 29-May 1 to attend the first U.S. pulses seminar, hold industry meetings, visit a processing facility....

African swine fever (ASF) continues to spread rapidly throughout Vietnam, despite continuing efforts by the Vietnamese Government (GVN) to limit the impact.

This report contains FAS Kyiv’s revised production forecasts for MY2019/20 as well as trade estimates for MY2018/19.

Kenya is an emerging middle-income country and has one of the best performing economies in sub-Saharan Africa.