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Ukraine’s Ministry of Agriculture reported the MY2017/18 oilseeds harvest has concluded. Production levels were set as follows: sunflower seeds 15-percent lower compared to the previous....

The Ukrainian food retail industry is growing slowly in the post-crisis period. The share of unorganized trade remains high.

Romania’s oilseed crop in marketing year (MY) 2017/18 will increase by 21 percent over last year, boosted by bumper sunflower production, as well as strong rapeseed and soybean crops.

Ukraine’s Food Safety and Consumer Protection Service officially approved 19 U.S. facilities for export of poultry meat and poultry products to Ukraine.

Favorable weather, government subsidies, proper fertilizer management and disease prevention boosted Romanian winter and summer-crop production in 2017.

Ukraine and China signed a new Protocol on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Requirements for Export of Sunflower Meal on September 15, 2017.

The total MY2017/18 EU-28 grain crop is revised up 2 MMT to 304 MMT, due to improved outlooks for both the wheat and corn crops.

In mid-November 2017 the Government of Romania (GOR) approved an emergency measure, imposing new rules for farm-gate grain procurement.

The biotechnology regulatory system in Ukraine is still not fully developed, but the country has committed to shape its policy in-line with European Union standards.

In 2017, Romania maintained a balanced view regarding agricultural biotechnology.

The Ministry of Agricultural Policy and Food of Ukraine (MAPF) and representatives of local nongovernmental organizations signed an Addendum to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on grain....

Post forecasts that Romania’s walnut harvest in 2017 will decline by 3.2 percent from 2016 to 33,000 metric tons (MT), mostly due to unfavorable weather conditions.