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While the United States had a $16 billion agricultural trade surplus with the rest of the world in 2015, it ran a record $12 billion trade deficit in farm and food products with the European Union.

FAS/Moscow forecasts Russia’s 2016 production of three major crops (sunflowerseed, soybeans, and rapeseed) at 13.25 million metric tons (MMT), a 4 percent increase from last year.

On September 19, ATO Chengdu launched its first U.S. online retail promotion with a Chongqing-based e-retailer, sjgo365.com.

The United Tastes of America – Asian Chef Challenge is the second chef competition event coordinated by the U.S. Meat Export Federation in concert with the Agricultural Trade Offices...

The continued depreciation of the Indonesian rupiah against the U.S. dollar, depressed consumer purchasing power, and global economic slowdown is lowering demand for Indonesian textiles and products.

In MY14/15 China continued dominating the global oilseeds market, retaining its status as the world's largest importer of soybeans.

U.S. exhibitors at FOODEX 2016 report more than $25 million in projected sales; FAS/Japan helps promote U.S. beef, soybeans and organic products...

On March 23, 2016, legislation was signed into law to increase Brazil’s biodiesel-use mandate from the current 7 percent, to 10 percent by 2019.

After the big surge in MY2015 when New Zealand beef production topped 690,000 MT, the highest since 2004, beef production is forecast to reduce to 659,000MT in MY2016.

The New Zealand kiwifruit industry can celebrate a bumper year in 2015 with production up 30% at 475,000 metric tons (MT) and exports up 31% at 454,000MT.

South Africa should return to be a net exporter of corn in the 2016/17 MY of about 1.0 million tons on higher production.

According to the FAO, early prospects for Algeria’s 2016 winter wheat and coarse grains crops are favorable benefiting from recent widespread precipitation in eastern Algeria.