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The Economy and Trade Department of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) held training sessions for provinces and municipalities on grain import TRQ in December 2014.

Modeling Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone, China officially inaugurated three new free trade zones in Guangdong, Fujian and Tianjin.

Organized by China Food Additives & Ingredients Association and with endorsement of USDA, the Food Ingredients China 2015 was held in Shanghai on April 1-3.

Cane sugar production for MY (May/April) 2015 is forecast at 1.24 MMT, up from 1.22 MMT in MY2014.

The United States exported a record $9.7 billion of forest products in fiscal year 2014. Among U.S. agricultural exports, only corn and soybeans had higher export values.

The U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) has led to record food and agricultural product exports for both countries.

On March 14, 2015, Peru’s Ministry of the Environment announced a fine structure for any company in non-compliance with the 10 year moratorium on genetically modified organisms.

Shrimp exports from Peru are estimated at 18, 000 MT in CY 2015, a six-fold increase from 2003 due to strong export demand.

In MY14/15, China lost its spot as the world largest cotton producer to India.