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Post forecasts that sugar cane production in Zimbabwe will decrease by five percent to 3,180 Million MT in the 2016/17 MY.

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.

In contrast to the huge drought-related losses in grain production, Ethiopia’s production of major oilseeds is expected to increase to nearly 790,000 metric tons in MY15/16 (Oct-Sep).

The Central Bank of Nigeria continues to restrict access to foreign exchange in an effort to reduce rapid spending of U.S. dollars outside of Nigeria.

The impact of the 2015 drought is expected to continue in the 2016/17 MY.

Tralac held its annual conference in Swakopmund, Namibia on April 7 – 8, 2016. The conference highlighted the importance and challenges for rules based governance, and growing Intra-Africa Trade.

FAS/Nairobi forecasts a decrease in Kenya’s sugar production in the marketing year (MY) 2016/2017 as cane farmers move to produce other products such as dairy and horticulture.

Due to an extreme drought oilseed production in South Africa is expected to decrease by 20 percent in the 2015/16 MY to 1.4 million tons.

MY 2015/16 seed cotton production in Burkina Faso, Mali, Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal, and Chad is expected to fall 7 percent from USDA official numbers to 1.7 million tons...

This report concerns only selected countries in West Africa (See table 1). MY2015/16 milled rice production is expected to reach 5.9 million tons, a 17 percent increase from last season production.

The drought is forecasted to severely impact the 2016/17 MY Swaziland sugar cane crop.