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Export prices declined around 1 percent in anticipation of additional sales of government stocks. The government expects to issue a new public tender in early June.

Export prices declined around 1 percent in anticipation of additional sales of government stocks. The government expects to issue a new public tender in early June.

FAS/Colombia is writing a series of reports on the opportunities and challenges for agriculture under the Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA), which went into force in May 2012.

U.S. agricultural exports to South America nearly doubled in the past four years, reaching a record of more than $8 billion in calendar year 2014.

This week’s export prices declined 2-3 percent due mainly to further weakening of the Thai baht versus the U.S. dollars.

Export prices declined around 1 percent due to the weakening of the Thai baht. Traders expect the government will issue a new tender in late May.

The report is the pesticide maximum residue limit (MRL) legislation in Thailand. The list of banned pesticides is also updated as of April 30, 2015.

Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) officials report that nearly 45,000 animals have been affected by the Calbuco volcano eruption in the Los Lagos Region (Region X) of Chile.

Larger MY2014/15 second off-season rice production will likely offset the impact of drought on the first off-season rice crop.

After rising for several weeks, rice prices declined to late March levels as supplies of offseason rice continue coming into the market.