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The production of avocados in South Africa is estimated to decrease by 25 percent to 127,000 Metric Tons (MT) in the 2018/19 Marketing Year (MY), due to the fall in yields, premature fruit drop....

In 2019, China's fluid milk production will increase 2.3 percent due to higher profits earned by the dairy farmers.

African Swine Fever (ASF) is endemic across China, but high pork prices will incentivize many Chinese hog farmers to restock or expand, despite the significant animal health risks posed by ASF.

South Africa has a well-developed retail sector expanding into other African countries.

Post forecasts that South Africa could export about 1.0 million tons of corn in the 2019/20 MY, on increased production.

China’s peach, nectarine, and cherry production are all forecast to increase in MY 2019/20 under normal growing conditions.

On June 19, 2019, China notified the World Trade Organization of draft standards on maximum residue limits (MRLs) for 120 pesticides as SPS/N/CHN/1148.

On June 26, 2019, the State Administration of Market Regulation (SAMR) released the Draft Administrative Measures on Registration of Infant and Young Children Formula Milk Powder Recipes.

China’s retail sector recorded $5.4 trillion in sales revenue in 2017, a 10 percent increase from 2016, with similar strong growth expected to have happened in 2018.

ATO Shenyang attended the SIAL trade show, Asia’s largest food show, in Shanghai from May 14 – 16, 2019.

Current corn prices have recovered from lows in MY2016/17 as mounting pressures from supply shocks weigh on historic shifts in demand.

Lower feed demand and smaller soybean imports in 2018/19 and 2019/20 are results of significant declines in China’s sow and hog inventories due to African Swine Fever.