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In early February, Ethiopia retendered for 400,000 metric tons of milling wheat after canceling an earlier-made contract because the supplier failed to provide the $10 million performance guarantee.

In December 2017, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) conducted its annual inspection of Ethiopian facilities that export an estimated $6.4 million of geraniums....

Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/213 significantly tightens the rules on the use of Bisphenol A (BPA) in food contact materials and was published in the Official Journal on February 14, 2018.

Poland’s 2017 total estimated catch was 196,900 metric tons (MT), including fish from the Baltic Sea and long-distance, deep-sea fishing.

EU cattle slaughter and beef production are forecast to fall in 2018.

Russia has harvested its largest grain crop in nearly 40 years, exceeding 134 MMT according to official reports and moving Russia into the number one position of global wheat exporters.

With approximately 1.7 million metric tons (MMT), Italy provides approximately 19 percent of the EU- 28 apple production.

Italy is the second largest olive oil producer in the European Union (EU) after Spain and accounts for approximately one-quarter of the EU-28 olive acreage.

Italy is suffering from a severe summer drought caused by low rainfall (80 percent below average in the first half of 2017) and exceptionally high temperatures for most of the year.

Italy’s MY (marketing year) 2016/17 orange and tangerine productions are expected to drop severely by 38 and 25 percent respectively compared to MY 2015/16 due to lack of summer rains....

According to the latest data from the Italian Enologists Association (Assoenologi), Italy produced 5.1 billion liters of wine in 2016, 1.5 percent more than the previous campaign....

Exhibitors at the U.S. Pavilion at BIOFACH organic trade show reported on-site sales nearly double that of the 2017 show and “serious” business contacts up by over 50 percent.