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Changing market conditions have led Post to make adjustments in dairy forecasts. Post forecasts China’s 2015 fluid milk production at 38 million tons...

MY 2015/16 centrifugal sugar production is forecast at 10.8 million tons, down 1.8 percent from the previous year due to low operating rates and weak domestic prices.

Given the volatility in the Russian market (e.g., the economic situation in Russia, trade restrictions, etc.), annualized dairy production and consumption remains difficult to forecast in 2015.

ATO Beijing participated in the World Dairy Expo and dairy seminar in Harbin, China during April 22-24, 2015.

The Russian food service sector has faced a number of serious challenges during the past year.

Three new draft SPS regulations covering laboratory testing rules, rules of veterinary and sanitary examination, and veterinary regionalization were posted on the Russian Government website...

The Russian Government lifted duties on wheat exports beginning May 15, 2015, and expects that Russia may export an additional 1 million metric tons of wheat by the end of MY 2014/15.

This report contains summaries of relevant decisions and documents from the Armenia-Belarus Kazakhstan-Russia Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) meetings, published between March 1 and May 8, 2015.

President Putin Appoints New Minister of Agriculture… Central Bank Cuts Key Interest Rate as CPI Stabilizes… Russian Government Approved Distribution of Subsidies to Support Rural Infrastructure…

Corn and rice production are forecast to reach record levels at 226 and 209 million tons in MY 2015/16 respectively. MY 2015/16 wheat production is forecast at a near record 125 million tons.

In 2014, the food service sector in the Russian Far East faced a number of serious challenges, but the restaurant sector in the region has adapted.

The 2014 total Russian wild catch remained stable, only down slightly versus the total catch in 2013.