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South Korea and New Zealand (NZ) have concluded negotiations on a free trade agreement which was announced November 15, 2014.

U.S. food and agricultural product exports to Saudi Arabia reached a record-high level of $1.425 billion in FY 2014, an increase of 24 percent over the previous year.

Taiwan authorities recently lifted a ban on U.S. long grain rice, in place since 2006.

Turkish soybean area and production for market year (MY) 2014 are about 35,000 hectares and 130,000 metric tons (MT).

Fueled by increasing disposable income levels and a strong consumer demand, the Turkish retail sector grew 3.7% in 2013 and reached US$ 311 billion.

The Turkish Grain Board (TMO) invited local and international traders to participate in a tender, which was held on October 18, 2014. TMO intends to import 40,000 MT of paddy rice.

Robust soybean planting in Cordoba province and smooth planting in the rest of the country are trending national production area towards the 2014/15 soybean forecast of 21 million hectares.

From May through September 2014, FAS Brasilia staff visited six of Brazil’s nine states which make up ‘’Amazonia Legal," a political-administrative region situated in the northern half of Brazil.

Post forecasts 2014/15 area planted to cotton at one million hectares with cotton production reaching 6.9 million bales (1.5 million metric tons).

In 2013, imports of food and agricultural products by Israel totaled nearly $5.5 billion, a 3.6 percent increase from 2012.

As Japan’s Ministry of Finance announced import statistics ending June 2014 for wheat, Post has finalized the 2013/2014 marketing year (MY) import number in its PS&D.

The report includes information that has been garnered during travel within Kazakhstan, reported in the local media, or offered by host country officials and agricultural analysts.