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Despite the sale of around two million metric tons of old-crop food-grade rice stocks this week, export prices increased around two percent as exporters are seeking new-crop white rice...

Ethiopia’s agriculture imports reached $1.8 billion in 2015. Future imports are expected to increase as the country’s economy and population continue to grow.

On January 27, 2017, the Thai Food and Drug Administration notified the WTO (G/SPS/N/THA/183/Rev.1) on the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) Notification Regarding Food Containing Pesticide Residue.

Export prices further declined one to two percent in anticipation of the sale of all the remaining food-grade government rice stocks on February 16, 2017.

Export prices declined one to two percent due to the sales of government rice stocks associated with the tender for 3.8 million metric tons on July 25.

The planting of the MY2016/17 main rice crop is still 30 percent behind last year. Aggressive sales of government stocks will likely increase Thai rice exports to 9 million metric tons in 2016.

Export prices were steady due to little trading activity during the holiday week.

Export prices remained steady this week due to little trading activities during the Chinese New Year holiday.

In mid-January, Ethiopia cut the size of its earlier-announced milling wheat tender of 720,000 metric tons to 400,000 metric tons.

The Government of Ethiopia and international development partners are gearing up to address drought conditions in the southern and eastern parts of the country.

In December 2016, the U.S. Forest Service conducted a two-day workshop to build emergency response capacity in Ethiopia’s capital city, Addis Ababa.