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MY2015 Uzbek cotton production is estimated about 4.2 million bales. No major pathogen or pest attack accord during the season and no water shortage was reported.

Post maintained its 2015/16 production forecast to 98.5 million metric tons (mmt), a record. Area planted for soybeans in Brazil is estimated at 33 million hectares.

Post forecasts Brazil’s 2015/16 cotton area to drop to 900,000 hectares (ha), a nine percent drop compared to the previous year.

Pakistan’s MY 2015/16 (August-July) cotton production is expected to reach 8.2 million 480 lb bales, down nearly 25 percent from last year’s crop.

Brazil’s coffee production for MY 2015/16 was revised down to 49.4 million 60-kg bags, a nine percent drop relative to a revised number for the previous season...

On October 6, 2015, the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) issued Decision No. 134, establishing tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) and respective volumes for imports of meat, poultry and whey...

India published two notices concerning Draft Food Safety and Standards Amendment Regulations, 2015 and Draft Food Safety and Standards Amendment Regulation, 2015 for comment.

The MY 2015/16 production estimate is 28.5 million 480 lb. bales as insect infestation in northern India raises yield concerns. Planted area reached 11.76 million hectares.

News on developments in agriculture and food in Egypt.

Pakistan continues to expand its imports of soybeans, importing over 500,000 metric tons in 2014/15 (a record), with projected 2015/16 imports of 1.5 million metric tons.

2015/2016 wheat production is forecast at 6 million metric tons (mmt), down from previous estimates due to heavy rains in the south.

On October 23, 2015, the Government of India’s Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) published draft Alcoholic Beverages Standards.