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At nearly 313.5 MMT, the total MY2019/20 EU28 grain crop is around 2 MMT higher than the previous forecast, with higher wheat, corn and barley production partially offset by a lower mixed grain....

The Polish National Sugar Company S.A. (KSC), a state-owned enterprise (SOE), opened a new port terminal in the Port of Gdansk specifically for sugar exports.

The EU-28 sugar production for food purposes for MY 2016/17 is forecast at 16.5 million MT in raw sugar equivalent (RSE), with another 0.9 million MT produced for industrial purposes.

Total Poland production of grain for marketing year (MY) 2016/17 is forecast to increase by about 6 percent to 29.5 million metric tons (MMT).

Estonian farmers can expect another good harvest in MY2016/17. It is forecast that total grain production will diminish to 1.3 million MT, 15 percent lower than last year.

In Latvia another good harvest is expected. In 2016/17 total grain production is forecast to amount to 2.4 million MT. Due to a relatively mild winter grain plantings are assumed well.

It is estimated that in MY 2016/2017 rapeseed planted area amounts to 940,000 hectares, a one percent decline in comparison to the previous year due to unusually dry weather during the planting season

Total production of rapeseed in MY 2016/17 is forecast to decrease by 6 percent to 275,000 MT in comparison to MY 2015/2016.

Total production of rapeseed in MY 2016/17 is forecast to decrease by 4 percent to 170,000 MT in comparison to MY 2015/2016.

Poland is the largest agri-food industry producer in Central and Eastern Europe and 7th in the European Union.

Poland’s Hotel, Restaurant and Institution (HRI) market was worth nearly U.S. $6 billion in 2014.