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A slowing economy, falling consumer purchase power, a food import ban, and a depreciating Russian ruble are all expected to lower demand in MY 2015 for imported apples by 6.5 percent...

GOR Allocates Additional Funding for Agricultural Credits . . . New Federal Agricultural Subsidy Distribution Orders . . . Construction of Primorye Fisheries Cluster to be Launched in 2016 . . .

Egypt’s food processing is a very dynamic sector, averaging a compound annual growth rate of 12 percent in the last 5 years.

MY 2015/16 wheat imports are forecast at 11.5 million metric tons (MMT) in line with USDA’s official estimate.

News on developments in agriculture and food in Egypt.

On October 19, 2015, President Putin chaired a meeting of the State Council Presidium on issues related to the development of the Russian fisheries sector.

In preparation for the All-Russian Agricultural Census 2016 Russian State Statistical Service (Rosstat) clarified the classification of Russian agricultural producers.

Egypt’s government has backtracked on the policy of eliminating cotton subsidies to the sector and has allocated cash subsidies valued at LE 261.7 million to buy the MY2015/16 cotton crop.

On October 16 Russian meat producing giant ABH “Miratorg” reported operational results for the first nine months of 2015. The company produced 309.9 TMT of pork, 50 TMT of broiler meat...