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Post forecasts that South Africa’s wheat imports for the 2018/19 MY will decline marginally to 1.8 million tons, on an expected increase in local production.

Peruvian wheat production is all consumed domestically. Wheat imports in MY 2018/19 are forecast at 2.06 MMT.

Wheat consumption in the Dominican Republic (DR) during Marketing Year (MY) 2018/2019 (July 2018/ June 2019) is forecast at 410,000 metric tons (MT), with imports remaining strong at 540,000 MT.

Chile’s wheat planted area for the past ten years has stabilized showing small variations in response to prices and farmers’ short-term expectations.

On March 20, 2018, the South African Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries announced that it has suspended imports of meat and meat products from Brazilian establishments....

Under delivery of rail cars since September 2017 has disrupted agricultural commodity movement across the Canadian prairies.

Opportunities for U.S. agricultural products abound in Colombia after implementation of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA).

The Dominican Republic’s food processing industry was valued at $2.6 billion in 2016, with an additional $723 million for processed beverages and tobacco.

Sugar production in marketing year (MY) 2017/18 returned to regular levels after a record setting level in MY 2016/17 the result of carry-over of cane not harvested the previous year.

Bolivia announces its intention to implement an ethanol blend mandate in gasoline which will begin at 10 percent and would increase gradually as the Bolivian industry increases production....

Post expects relatively minor changes in 2018/19 in Mexican production of corn and sorghum, with a larger percentage decrease in wheat production due to water availability among other factors.

In February 2018, Mexico published draft regulations for milk powder, cheese and yogurt in the Diario Oficial (Mexico’s Federal Register) for comment.