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This fact sheet is intended to provide a brief overview of Brazil’s market situation for agricultural products.

India published its draft Regulation on new product approval procedures and notified them to the World Trade Organization (WTO).

For calendar year (CY) 2016, Post revised its apples production forecast down to 1 million metric tons (MMT), an 18 percent drop.

The Government of India’s (GOI) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) published new draft regulations relating to standards for fortified food products.

For marketing year (MY) 2016/17 (May to April), Post’s rice production estimate remains flat at 34.5 million tons due to flooding that affected Aus rice production in northern, northeastern...

Extensive rains in Kazakhstan during the wheat growing season resulted in a crop which is significantly larger than last year.

2015/2016 wheat production is estimated at 5.5 million metric tons (mmt) and is in good condition due to favorable weather in the south of Brazil.

On September 23, 2016, the Ministry of Finance notified the lowering of import on wheat from 25 percent to 10 percent (ad valorem on CIF value) till March 1, 2017.

On September 7, 2016, the Indian Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution’s Department of Legal Metrology amended the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011.

Brazil’s MY 2016/17 sugarcane crush is revised downward at 658 mmt, due to dry weather and inadequate crop management. Approximately 45 percent of the crop should be diverted to sugar, a clear sign...

A record Brazilian soybean crop of 101 million metric tons (mmt) is forecast for the 2016/17 MarketingYear (MY) as a result of a slight increase in planted area.

Post expects that in marketing year (MY) 2016/17 Indian almond imports (shelled-basis) will reach 65,000 MT, a nine percent decrease from the MY 2015/16.