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Due to relatively high stock levels that are suppressing local corn prices, Post estimates that South Africa’s commercial corn producers will cut area by 10 percent to 2.1 million hectares....

The Philippines continues to be a regional biotechnology leader.

South Africa is the largest user of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) for agricultural exports to the United States in the Southern African region.

Post estimates that the South African raw sugar production will increase by 8 percent to 2.2 Million Metric Tons (MMT) in the 2018/19 Marketing Year (MY), due to an increase in sugar cane....

The stronger purchasing power of Philippine consumers, a growing middle class and increasing urbanization drove a higher frequency of dining out.

The United States continues to be the Philippines’ largest supplier of agricultural products, and the Philippines is its tenth largest global market.

On September 28, 2018, the South African Revenue Service published notifications that a safeguard duty of 35.3 percent will be imposed on EU bone-in chicken.

South Africa has the largest foodservice market in Southern Africa, and a highly competitive hospitality industry.

Two-way agricultural trade between the United States and Southern Africa has grown significantly in the past decade, reaching a record $1.5 billion in 2017.

The Philippines imports virtually all of its dairy products, especially milk powder, as domestic production cannot meet the country’s annual dairy demand, which was nearly 2.5 million metric tons....

The continuous expansion of food retail industry in the Philippines creates robust opportunities for U.S. exporters of U.S. high-value, consumer-oriented food and beverage products.

In partnership with Potatoes USA, McCain International, Simplot, and 19 importers, FAS Manila hosted a combination of seminar series and tabletop trade show featuring U.S. products, providing....