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The Ethiopian Sugar Corporation (ESC) recently floated an international tender for 200,000 metric tons of sugar.

Ethiopia’s coffee production for MY18/19 (Oct-Sep) remains largely unchanged from the previous year at 7.1 million 60-kilo bags (~426,000 metric tons).

Pulses play an important role in Ethiopia’s food security and economy. Production is estimated at 2.5 million metric tons in 16/17 (Jun-Jul).

On May 16, 2018, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry issued a clarification on its April 25, 2018, notification regarding the quantitative restrictions (QRs) on imports of peas....

The Ethiopian government recently retendered for a third time to buy 400,000 tons of imported milling wheat for the country’s bread subsidy program.

India’s MY 2018/19 coffee crop (Oct/Sep) is forecast at 5.5 million 60-kg bags as erratic rains and unusually high temperatures touched coffee growing regions.

The first edition of Food India, inspired by SIAL, will be held between September 16 -18, 2018, at Pragati Maidan Exhibition Centre in New Delhi.

India has invited World Trade Organization (WTO) members to provide comments on its draft standards for coffee, coffee-chicory mixture and packaged drinking water.

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast a near normal Southwest Monsoon for 2018 suggesting that June to September rainfall is likely to be 97 percent of the Long Period Average (LPA).

MY 2018/19 (April-March) wheat production estimate has been raised higher to 95 million metric tons (MMT) on reports of higher yield realization in northern India.

On May 1, 2018, the Government of India’s (GOIs) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) published the Draft Food Safety and Standards (Import) Amendment Regulations, 2018....

The Government of India’s Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has notified the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) fourth amendment regulations....