Attaché Report (GAIN)

South Africa: Grain and Feed Annual

Post forecasts that South Africa’s wheat imports for the 2018/19 MY will decline marginally to 1.8 million tons, on an expected increase in local production.
Attaché Report (GAIN)

Dominican Republic: Grain and Feed Annual

Wheat consumption in the Dominican Republic (DR) during Marketing Year (MY) 2018/2019 (July 2018/ June 2019) is forecast at 410,000 metric tons (MT), with imports remaining strong at 540,000 MT.
On March 20, 2018, the South African Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries announced that it has suspended imports of meat and meat products from Brazilian establishments....
Attaché Report (GAIN)

Dominican Republic: Food Processing Ingredients

The Dominican Republic’s food processing industry was valued at $2.6 billion in 2016, with an additional $723 million for processed beverages and tobacco.
On March 4, 2018, a large number of Southern African countries, including Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe....
On February 26, 2018, Sfiso Nobert Buthelezi was appointed as the new Deputy Minister of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF).
On February 26, 2018, the South African Parliament passed a motion to begin a process of considering to amend Section 25 of the Constitution to allow for the expropriation of land....