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Post forecasts China’s MY2015/16 raisin production at 190,000 tons, an increase of 5 percent over USDA’s MY2014/15 official estimate.

Post forecasts China’s MY 2015/16 inshell walnut production at one million metric tons, an increase of 11 percent over MY 2014/15...

In January 2015, the government announced efforts to boost potato production and transform the crop into the country's fourth major “grain” after rice, wheat and corn.

Post forecasts China’s 2016 pork consumption at 57 million tons, a slight decrease from USDA’s 2015 official forecast.

China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine announced that starting October 1, 2015, AQSIQ will adopt an upgraded registration filing management system.

At 310,000 metric tons (MT), Ukraine’s beef production in 2016 is projected to be the lowest level since USDA started publishing official beef production estimates for Ukraine in 1988.

Ukraine intends to streamline its phytosanitary legislation through a set of norms intended to impose tighter deadlines for issuing quarantine certificates, ensuring pubic availability of information.

Ukraine is projected to produce around 102,000 metric tons (MT) of walnuts in marketing year (MY) 2015/16 remaining at essentially MY 2014/15 production levels.

This annual report reviews the development of China’s food industry in 2013 and 2014 and examines the trends of the food processing industry, as well as prospects of some U.S. ingredients...

MY15/16 cotton production is forecast down to 5.5 million tons. This forecast is based on 19 percent fall in planted area in response to the lower government’s price support for cotton planting.

China is a major producer of biofuels and production continues to increase.

Despite a sharp fall in Ukraine’s GDP in 2015, broiler meat poultry production remained stable and is projected to increase 2 percent to 995,000 metric tons (MT) in 2016.