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There was one notable change in Kazakhstan over the last year with regard to genetically engineered (GE) products.

The total MY2017/18 EU-28 grain crop is revised up 2 MMT to 304 MMT, due to improved outlooks for both the wheat and corn crops.

FAS/Astana estimates wheat production in Kazakhstan in MY 2017/2018 at 13.5 MMT, down nearly 10 percent from Post’s estimate of 14.99 MMT for 2016/17, due largely to a decline in planted area.

A shifting political landscape in the EU has led to fears that voting “against” import authorization of Genetically Engineered (GE) crops is becoming perilously close to a new norm.

Updated import duties of Euro 5.16 per metric ton are applied on corn, sorghum and rye from August 8, 2017.

The EU28 grain harvest is now under way in most Member States.

On February 2, 2017, the European Commission launched a consultation on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in order to better understand where the current policy can be simplified....

Two studies conducted by Eastern European Members States (MS) have concluded that identically branded food products are being sold with lower quality in Eastern Europe than Western Europe.

FAS/Astana forecasts Kazakhstani wheat production in MY 2017/2018 at 13.0 Million Metric Tons (MMT), 2 MMT less than in MY 2016/2017.

This report provides an overview on the biofuel use mandates in the various EU-28 member states. It supplements the EU-28 Biofuels Annual Report.

In 2016 milk deliveries in the European Union (EU) increased by an estimated 0.5 percent and are expected to only slightly increase in 2017.

FAS/Astana forecasts Kazakhstani wheat production in MY 2017/2018 at 13 Million Metric Tons (MMT), two MMT less than in MY 2016/2017, as the wheat sown area is expected to fall....