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On February 22, 2018, Morocco improved the terms of trade concerning market access for U.S. bovine semen.

The Egyptian Chamber of Food Industries (CFI) indicates that there are over 7,000 food manufacturing companies operating in the country.

Egypt imported some $4 billion worth of food ingredients in 2017.

Russia has harvested its largest grain crop in nearly 40 years, exceeding 134 MMT according to official reports and moving Russia into the number one position of global wheat exporters.

Israel is almost completely dependent on imports to meet its grain and feed needs.

Saudi Arabia’s barley imports for marketing year (MY) 2017/18 are estimated at 8 million MT, about 6 percent lower than the official USDA estimate of 8.5 million MT.

On February 13, 2018, Russia notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of draft requirements for imported rabbit semen and the corresponding form of a unified EAEU veterinary certificate....

According to Russia’s Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat), Russia’s headline consumer price index (CPI) reached a record-low 2.5 percent in 2017, down from 5.4 percent in 2016.

The report lists and describes certificates that should accompany food and agricultural products to Egypt.

On January 7, 2018, the Algerian Government issued a decree temporarily suspending 851 products, of which 576 are agricultural.

On December 25, 2017, the Israeli parliament’s Labor, Welfare and Health Committee approved new regulations requiring front of pack labeling for most prepackaged food products.