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Pakistan: Seed Act Clears First Legislative Hurdle

The bill amending Pakistan’s 1976 Seed Act has cleared the first step of the legislative process.
The U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement’s reduction and elimination of import tariffs on a wide range of U.S. agricultural and food products, has fueled demand for U.S. pet food.
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Pakistan: Sugar Semi-annual

The soon-to-be-harvested sugarcane crop was largely unaffected by recent flooding.
FAS Lima’s U.S. Food Experience: Beef & Wine reception on August 26, 2014, capped a well-attended two-day long U.S. west coast wines business meetings and technical seminar.
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Pakistan: Cotton Update

Recent floods damaged an estimated 80,000 hectares of cotton area, a small fraction of Pakistan’s 3.1 million hectares of cotton.
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Pakistan: Pakistan Announces Cotton Support Price

The Government of Pakistan has announced a seed cotton support price of 34 cents per pound for the upcoming harvest, a significant increase over the prevailing farm price of 26 cents per pound.