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The EU sweetener market will take a new start after the end of the 50 year old EU sugar quota production system on October 1, 2017, and will probably face a period of increased market volatility.

The Latvian economy is expected to steadily grow over the next few years. In 2015 total Latvian agricultural imports amounted to U.S. $2.7 billion....

On March 13, 2017, the European Commission presented its long awaited report examining whether mandatory nutrition labeling requirements should be extended to alcoholic beverages....

The EU28’s grain harvest is forecast to rise three percent in MY2017/18 despite little change to the planted area.

Total EU-28 oilseeds production for marketing year (MY) 2015/16 is expected to decline by about 9 percent to 32 million metric tons (MMT).

The EU remains the world's largest wine producer despite lower production levels in 2016 compared to 2015. U.S. exporters should be aware that specific wine labeling rules...

Latvia’s wood and wood products sector has slowly recovered from the economic recession experienced before 2010. In 2014 the total volume of timber harvested remained at the level of previous year...

Latvia is a net importer of poultry meat. It is estimated that in 2016 poultry meat production will increase by 10 percent as a result of growing domestic demand and reduced imports.

In 2015 swine inventories decreased by four 4 percent due to reduced prices and export restrictions of pork caused by outbreaks of African Swine Fever (ASF). The outbreak of ASF and continuation...

The restrictive marketing measures that Ireland wants to introduce for all alcohol products could impact U.S. exports to the EU.

It is expected that in 2016 milk deliveries in the European Union will increase by 1.1 percent and stabilize in 2017.

The EU grain harvest is now under way in most Member States.