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2015/2016 wheat production is estimated at 5.6 million metric tons (mmt), but consumption is down slightly due to higher prices.

In 2014, Brazil imported US$ 2.8 billion in intermediate products and US$4.6 billion in consumer-oriented products.

This report outlines regulatory requirements for food and agricultural product imports into Brazil, including import procedures.

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.

The Brazilian orange crop for 2015/16 is forecast at 410 million 40.8-kg boxes, a 10 MBx increase compared to the previous season.

2015/16 wheat production is expected to increase 10 percent to 6.5 million metric tons (mmt) with a return to normal weather.

Post forecasts planted area for cotton on 2015/16 to drop to 950,000 hectares as a result of low global prices and high cost of production.

FAS/Brasilia forecasts 2015/16 soybean production at 94 million metric tons (mmt) despite a drop in planted area to 31.1 million hectares, a decrease of one percent compared to 2014/15.