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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.

From March 11 to 13, 2018, the U.S. Agricultural Trade Office (ATO) in Shenyang, China, led a reverse trade mission of five buyers from three Northeastern Chinese companies to the Boston Seafood Show.

Direct cargo flights between Anchorage, Alaska, and Northeast China’s largest city, Harbin, with 10.6 million residents, are to launch in June 2018.

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....

Post forecasts that broiler production will increase by 700,000 metric tons to 11.7 million metric tons (MMT) in 2018 due to returning consumer demand.

On March 23, 2018, the People’s Republic of China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) announced a proposal to levy retaliatory tariffs impacting approximately $2.0 billion in U.S. food and agricultural...

On February 19, 2018, China notified the World Trade Organization of draft standards on maximum residue limits (MRLs) for 107 pesticides as SPS/N/CHN/1065.

On December 26, 2013, the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) released the national food safety standard for Pathogen Limits on Foods.

MY17/18 grain production was better than expected due to favorable weather conditions and relatively minor losses from Fall Army Worm.

Sugar production continues to grow incrementally with MY17/18 (May-April) production forecast to reach 400,000 metric tons.

China is the largest oilseed importer in the world with total oilseed imports at 98.42 million tons (MMT) in MY16/17.

From calendar year (CY) 2012 to 2016, U.S. agricultural export sales to Senegal averaged $16.1 million per year.