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Export prices declined 1 to 2 percent due to a lack of new inquiries and the weakening of the Thai baht.

Export prices remain unchanged as a result of the lack of rice trading during the year-end holiday season.

On December 15, 2017, the South African Revenue Services (SARS) announced that it will start to collect sugar tax from all sweetened beverages, excluding 100% fruit juices....

The production area of Genetically Engineered (GE) corn, soybean and cotton in South Africa increased to 2.7 million hectares in 2016, a 17 percent increase....

South Africa`s production of grapefruit, oranges and lemons/limes is forecast to increase in the 2017/18 MY, based on the increase in area planted and normal weather conditions....

The South African retail food sector is sophisticated and well developed relative to other markets on the African continent.

Thailand has enacted several new regulations that restrict imports of feed and feed ingredients containing certain animal proteins.

White and parboiled rice export prices declined 1 percent from the previous week while fragrant rice prices increased by 1 to 2 percent.

Rice export prices did not change, except for fragrant rice prices which increased by 3 percent.

The United States bone-in broiler meat exports above the annual 65,000 ton anti-dumping duty free quota will continue to be subjected to an anti-dumping duty of R9.40 per kilogram.

Thailand’s regulations restricting the cultivation of genetically engineered crops remain unchanged.

MY2017/18 cotton imports are expected to increase 3 to 4 percent as spinning mills used much of their cotton yarn inventory in MY2016/17.