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Responding to inflationary pressures, the Philippine government is set to liberalize rice imports by converting Quantitative Restrictions to tariffs.

Ethanol production using sugarcane and molasses in 2018 is expected to increase to 270 million liters (ML) from 235 ML the previous year as aggregate capacity increases.

The export of pears and apples is forecast to increase by 4 percent in the 2018/19 MY, while table grapes exports will increase by 8 percent, as the industry starts its recovery....

FAS Manila hosted two Great American Taste dinners to build awareness among industry and consumers of the availability, variety and quality of U.S. fine foods and wines.

The stronger purchasing power of Philippine consumers, growing middle class, and increasing urbanization drove a higher frequency of dining out.

Due to relatively high stock levels that are suppressing local corn prices, Post estimates that South Africa’s commercial corn producers will cut area by 10 percent to 2.1 million hectares....

The Philippines continues to be a regional biotechnology leader.

South Africa is the largest user of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) for agricultural exports to the United States in the Southern African region.

Post estimates that the South African raw sugar production will increase by 8 percent to 2.2 Million Metric Tons (MMT) in the 2018/19 Marketing Year (MY), due to an increase in sugar cane....

The stronger purchasing power of Philippine consumers, a growing middle class and increasing urbanization drove a higher frequency of dining out.

The United States continues to be the Philippines’ largest supplier of agricultural products, and the Philippines is its tenth largest global market.

On September 28, 2018, the South African Revenue Service published notifications that a safeguard duty of 35.3 percent will be imposed on EU bone-in chicken.