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AgTradeNews is an FAS/Pretoria newsletter that focuses on trade opportunities in Southern Africa.

Post forecasts that the total citrus production will remain flat at 2,631,000 MT in the 2015/16 MY, based on the increases in grapefruit, lemons and soft citrus production driven by increases in area

Wheat market in Jordan is still affected by GoJ policies, while the climate change hit the agriculture very hard.

MY2015/16 seed cotton production in Burkina Faso, Mali, Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal and Chad combined, are expected to drop 10 percent compared to the initial target due to a late start of the rainy season

This report contains an official translation of Ethiopia’s Importers-Exporters and Wholesalers Directive (June 2014).

Despite recent economic challenges including a weakening rand and decreasing disposable incomes, South Africans have demonstrated a growing interest in quality distilled spirits...

Post estimates that the 2015/16 MY production of apples will increase by two percent to 865,000 MT and that the pears production will increase by three percent to 410,000 MT in the 2015/16 MY...

Rangeland Reserves Opened to Grazing...Fruits & Vegetables Exports to Russia...Rainfall Channels 4.5 Million Cubic Meters of Water into Dams...

Tanzania with its growing population, strategic location in East Africa, increasing middle class and high-growth rate presents an opportunity for U.S. agriculture and food exports.

The Government of Ethiopia (GOE) has reportedly completed the process of awarding contracts for the previously-announced 1.0 million metric ton wheat tender.

Grain traders are wary of supplying wheat and barley to the government of Jordan, due to the rejection of shipment of 100,000 MT of Polish by Jordan’s Food and Drug Administration.

In recent years, the Government of Ethiopia (GOE) has made considerable investments to boost the country’s capacity to produce sugar.