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Pakistan is a small but growing market for imported consumer food products and the small modern retail sector is growing slowly.

Post forecasts Israel’s MY 2015/16 (October-September) citrus production at 600 thousand metric tons (TMT), up nearly 10 percent from MY2014/15.

Pakistan’s MY 2015/16 (August-July) cotton production is expected to reach 8.2 million 480 lb bales, down nearly 25 percent from last year’s crop.

Pakistan continues to expand its imports of soybeans, importing over 500,000 metric tons in 2014/15 (a record), with projected 2015/16 imports of 1.5 million metric tons.

Pakistan’s 2015/16 cotton production is forecast at 9.2 million 480 lb bales, down 800,000 from the previous estimate, and the lowest level since 2010.

Planting of the Rabi (winter) wheat crop is expected to get underway in a few weeks.

Sugar production is forecast at 5.4 million metric tons, up slightly from a year ago.

Post organized the training schedule for a 12 member delegation from Pakistan who were part of a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) funded capacity development program in South Africa...

Temporary Removal of Imports Barriers of Beef, Sheep and Goat Meat to Israel. Israel Approved Imports of Polish Beef Meat. The Ministry of Agriculture Approved Import of table eggs from Ukraine.

Pakistan’s biotech regulatory system is currently on hiatus as the courts work to determine whether the provinces or federal government should regulate biotech crops.

The Government of Punjab, Pakistan’s largest agricultural province, is proposing minimum standards for imported semen that would severely restrict farmer access to improved dairy and beef semen.

As of July 2015, Israel does not have a policy that restricts the use of imported biotech commodities or derivative products.