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Mexican sugar production for marketing year 2018/19 is forecast to be 6.57 million metric tons raw value (MMT-RV), although there is not yet an official forecast.

Total cotton production for marketing year (MY) 2018/19 is forecast to be 1.57 million bales, slightly higher than the previous marketing year.

The Secretariat of Economy (SE) published in the Diario Oficial (Federal Register), on April 10, 2018, an announcement containing the maximum quota allotment of sugar to be exported....

On April 3, 2018, Mexico published four notices announcing incentive programs intended to address an oversupply of corn in certain parts of the country....

The value of Panama’s food processing ingredients market is valued at $110 million annually with U.S. products holding 60 percent of the market share.

The expanded Panama Canal in June 2016 marks a key milestone in Panama’s history as an important water route for world trade.

Post expects slower growth in the vegetable oil and oil meal sectors in MY 2018/19, given potential declines in consumer purchasing power and general economic uncertainty.

Grain production is expected to return to average levels in marketing year (MY) 2017/18, given normal weather after higher wheat and corn production and lower sorghum production in MY 2016/17.

The livestock and red meat industry in Mexico continues to grow. Cattle herd rebuilding is being slowly realized, while live cattle exports (primarily to the United States), have leveled off.

On March 1, 2017, the Secretariat of Economy (SE) published in Mexico’s Federal Register (“Diario Oficial” – DOF) an agreement establishing the specific provisions governing the unilateral...