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While the United States had a $16 billion agricultural trade surplus with the rest of the world in 2015, it ran a record $12 billion trade deficit in farm and food products with the European Union.

FAS/Moscow forecasts Russia’s 2016 production of three major crops (sunflowerseed, soybeans, and rapeseed) at 13.25 million metric tons (MMT), a 4 percent increase from last year.

On March 23, 2016, legislation was signed into law to increase Brazil’s biodiesel-use mandate from the current 7 percent, to 10 percent by 2019.

Soybean area is projected to grow. Sunflowerseed area will likely remain stable while rapeseed area will retract.

Marketing Year (MY) 2016 Turkish cotton area and production are projected to increase about 15 percent.

Post/New marketing year (MY) 2016/17 total Mexican cotton production is forecast to decrease approximately 4 percent due to an expected decrease in planted area.

Colombian grain production could be impacted in 2016 as the period of drought from the El Niño weather phenomena transitions to rainier conditions of La Niña.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced its new policy toward private certification in the context of food safety.

Canada announced its new policy on incorporation by reference, a drafting technique that brings the content of the incorporated document into a regulation, without the need to reproduce the document..

This report is written for U.S. companies interested in doing business in the Czech Republic.

This report provides information on the laws and regulations for food, import rules for food, and contact information in the Czech Republic.

Key events of the first year since the launch of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) included its expansion to welcome two new members, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan, a free trade agreement with Vietnam...