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Post expects rice production in Sri Lanka to increase to 3 million metric tons in the marketing year (MY) 2019/20 under average weather conditions.

The calendar year (CY) 2020 cattle (Bos taurus or Bos indicus) and water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) population is estimated at 378 million heads.

The recovery of monsoon rain levels in August has led to improved soil moisture in Central India which will bolster crop development.

The Government of India’s Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) published on-line the 2019 edition of the Manual for Food Imports that explains in detail the procedures....

The second edition of SIAL India will be held on September 19-21, 2019 at Pragati Maidan Exhibition Centre in New Delhi.

Estimated soybean production for marketing year (MY) 2019/20 (Oct.-Sept.) is revised lower to 10.5 million metric tons (MMT) on 11.2 million hectares.

FAS Post estimates India’s marketing year (MY) 2019/20 cotton production at 29.3 million 480 lb. bales (37.5 million 170-kilogram bales/6.4 MMT) with a planting area of 12.5 million hectares.

A four-person U.S. pulse industry team visited Karachi during April 29-May 1 to attend the first U.S. pulses seminar, hold industry meetings, visit a processing facility....

On May 16, 2019, the second stage of Kazakhstan’s 2019 meat quotas were announced by the Kazakh Ministry of National Economy.

On May 2, 2019, the Government of India’s (GOI) Ministry of Finance (MOF) further deferred the implementation date, from May 2, 2019, to May 16, 2019, of the proposed increase in the basic custom....

On May 2, 2019, the Government of India’s Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) published a notice to extend its timeline for imports of specialty foods for special medical....

On May 24, 2019, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry issued a notification that biofuel imports (non-fuel use) in India will now require....