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The Ethiopian Sugar Corporation (ESC) recently floated an international tender for 200,000 metric tons of sugar.

Ethiopia’s coffee production for MY18/19 (Oct-Sep) remains largely unchanged from the previous year at 7.1 million 60-kilo bags (~426,000 metric tons).

Pulses play an important role in Ethiopia’s food security and economy. Production is estimated at 2.5 million metric tons in 16/17 (Jun-Jul).

The Ethiopian government recently retendered for a third time to buy 400,000 tons of imported milling wheat for the country’s bread subsidy program.

Ethiopia’s food safety regime is in the process of transitioning to become a more modern and effective system.

Dr. Gregory L. Parham, USDA’s Assistant Secretary for Administration, recently visited Ethiopia where he opened the 3rd Pan African Conference on SPS Risk Analysis.