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Chile offers excellent opportunities for U.S. food exports.

Biotech products can be produced in Chile only for reproduction and research purposes.

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.

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

Chilean avocado exports to the world grew by 42.9 percent in volume and 61.7 percent in value from January through September, 2017, over 2016 reaching 90,985 MT and $197.5 million.

U.S. exports of agricultural and related products reached $ 986.8 million in Fiscal Year 2017 (FY 2017), which represents a 15 percent increase over FY 2016 and records the highest level of exports...

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

Abundant rainfall, sufficient number of chill hours and spring conditions are expected to remain favorable for fruit development while high temperatures and low relative humidity is expected....

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.

The U.S. increased its dairy exports to Chile by 28 percent in value and 31percent in volume in Jan -Aug 2017 over the same period in 2016.