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Export prices are steady due to light trading ahead of an expected government tender announcement in the week of March 2. Sources indicate the upcoming tender is likely to include only white rice.

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This report on sanitary, veterinary, phytosanitary, ecological controls and compulsory conformity certification matches the applied controls to specific commodity HS Codes.

On February 25, 2015, upon publication of the Resolution № 119-p, Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers imposed an additional 5-10 percent duties on imports with exceptional of few critical items.

A tender for 800 head of EU breeding bulls (400 head of Simmental, 200 head of Charolais, 200 head of Limousin) will be held on March 24, 2015.

Lithuania as a member of the European Union, applies EU regulatory requirements for import of products of animal or plant origin.

Lithuania as a member of the European Union, applies EU regulatory requirements for import of products of animal or plant origin.

Despite the Russian ban on pork and beef, the EU meat sector is forecast to retain production and export levels.

Polish farmers protest against deteriorating economic situation in agriculture in order to force the government to intervene on the swine and milk markets and pay for crop damage made by wild boars.

On Friday, February 6, 2015, Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski signed an amendment to the Act on genetically engineered (GE) organisms prepared by the Polish Parliament.

A communique on the requirements for receiving the control document for the importation of bovine and ovine/caprine animals was published on January 29, 2015.

Export prices declined only around 1 percent due to lower-than-expected sales of government stocks. A new government tender for 1 million metric tons is expected by February 27.