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Secretariat of Economy (SE) published in the Diario Oficial (Mexico’s Federal Register) a decree that modifies the Tariff of the General Import and Export Tax Law for imported rice.

On November 21, 2014 the State Council published a draft Grain Law soliciting public comments until December 21, 2014.

Export prices declined 1 percent in anticipation of the sales of government rice stocks. The details of a new public tender for 400,000 metric tons will be announced on December 11, 2014.

On November 15, 2014, Statistics Korea (KOSTAT) released its revised rice production estimate of 4,240,739 metric tons.

Thai rice exports reached a record high in October 2014 fueled by the sales of the government stocks.

Export prices increased 1-3 percent, particularly for fragrant rice, in response to the implementation of an on-farm pledging program that the government approved on last week.

Weekly minimum grain volumes required to be moved by Canadian railroads, which were set to expire on November 29, 2014, will be extended until March 28, 2015.

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

Romanian farmers have witnessed another good crop year. Harvested crops are estimated to grow for both winter and spring crops this season.

Valentin Valenik Appointed Head of the Federal Forestry Service . . . Russian Winter Grains Sown . . . Russia Plans to Import Fish from Iran and South African Republic . . .

U.S. agricultural exports to Southeast Asia have experienced extremely rapid growth in recent years and, in FY 2014, they climbed to a record $11.5 billion – up 11 percent from FY 2013.

A new Order in Council set minimum weekly grain shipments for Canada’s two rail companies from August 3 through November 29, 2014, at 536,250 MT.