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

This report outlines the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan’s regulatory requirements for food and agricultural product imports.

There is no genetically-engineered (GE) crop production in Jordan. The country continues to allow the import of GE products that are approved for use in the country-of-origin....

FAS Amman (Post) forecasts Jordan’s wheat imports in MY 2017/18 to reach 1.1 million metric tons (MT).

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.

FAS Amman in cooperation with the U.S. Grains Council and the Amman Chamber of Commerce organized on September 19-20, 2017, in Jordan a first of its kind grains standards workshop.

Jordan’s Ministry of Industry and Trade lowered by three percent the sale price of subsidized flour to bakeries in July.

On August 29, 2017, Minister of Water and Irrigation Dr. Hazim El-Naser and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Eng. Imad Fakhoury, in cooperation with the Ministry of Industry....

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.

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....

In MY2017/18 wheat imports are forecast to reach 1.3 MMT. Barley consumption is expected to decrease by eight percent to 845 TMT, as ranchers reduce their herds due to a slowdown in demand....

This report contains changes in Section VIII: Slaughterhouse registration; Dairy products—ban on partially hydrogenated oils in processed dairy products; Preserved food—ban of tartrazine....