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On January 6, 2016, the Secretariat of Economy (SE) published in the Diario Oficial (Federal Register) its preliminary resolution on the antidumping investigation against imported U.S. apples.

Panama imports 60 percent of its overall imported food products from the United States.

The National Plant and Animal Health Service of the Secretariat of Agriculture and Livestock has requested that the expiration date, lot number, and production date appear on the shipping carton(s).

Peru’s grape exports have sky-rocketed in the past decade, from practically non-existent in CY 2000 to an estimated 280,000 MT in CY 2015.

MY2015/16 cotton imports are expected to decline 1 to 2 percent due to the weak economic recovery and competition from imported yarn.

As China continues to hold over half the world’s cotton in reserved stocks, China’s MY15/16 cotton imports are forecast to plummet to 1.25 million tons from the 1.8 million tons in the previous year.

The cherry exporters committee of ASOEX (Chile’s fruit exporters association) is expecting a 27.7% decrease on export volume for MY2015/2016.

After years of declining sales, the Japanese pet food market grew by 1.7% by volume in FY2013 to 655,082 metric tons (MT), valued at $2.18 billion.

Post reduced its 2015/16 production forecast to 98 million metric tons (mmt). Dry and hot weather in central and northeast Brazil is having an impact in the progress of the crop.

Export prices were virtually unchanged due to quiet trading.

Italy is the largest rice producer in the EU-28.

The Government of Pakistan has approved a sugar export subsidy of $124 per metric ton to cover exports of up to 500,000 metric tons through March 31, 2016.