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In May 2015, the U.S. Dairy Export Council requested assistance from FAS Brasilia to intervene on the release of a U.S. commercial shipment of U.S. dairy ingredient: whey protein concentrate.

Brazilian orange crop for 2015/16 is forecast at 393 million boxes, down 10 percent from the previous year, due to weather related problems during blossoming and a non-uniform harvest.

On June 12, 2015, the Mexican government’s Service of Administration and Disposition of Assets (SAE), announced the results of the tender for the sale of nine state-owned sugar mills.

This report is an updated overview of the export-import process for agricultural and food products.

Brazilian and Chinese leaders met in Brasilia on May 19, 2015 and reached a series of multibillion-dollar investment and trade deals, worth $53.3 billion dollars.

Tomato production for marketing year (MY) 2015/16 is forecast at 2.7 million metric tons (MMT), assuming favorable weather conditions.

ATO/Sao Paulo forecasts the Brazilian coffee production for Marketing Year (MY) 2015/16 (July-June) at 52.40 million 60-kg bags, up 2 percent relative to MY 2014/15.

Mexico’s milk production is seen higher in MY2015 while cheese consumption and imports, which might be affected due to stagnant purchasing power in specific sectors of the population, are seen lower..