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France imported $1.53 billion of food and agricultural products from the United States in 2018.

At nearly 313.5 MMT, the total MY2019/20 EU28 grain crop is around 2 MMT higher than the previous forecast, with higher wheat, corn and barley production partially offset by a lower mixed grain....

Total Saudi barley imports for MY2019/20 is projected to decline by 29 percent to 6 million MT compared to the USDA’s official estimate.

FAS Paris obtained a waiver from the French Ministry of Agriculture that allowed the U.S. foundation Wreath Across America to import into France 10,000 U.S. sourced balsam pine wreaths....

On October 16, 2018, French President Emmanuel Macron named Senator Didier Guillaume as the new French Minister for Agriculture and Food.

The Kingdom’s chicken meat production in 2019 is forecast at 730,000 MT, and is projected to increase to 750,000 MT in 2020.

Total Saudi barley imports for the current marketing year are estimated at 7 million MT. This is 1.5 million MT lower than USDA’s official estimate of 8.5 million MT.

More than 70 percent of French household food purchases are made in supermarkets and local smaller discount stores.

The unprecedented heatwave in June across much of the European Union attracted attention to the outlook for the MY2019/20 EU28 grain crop.

A recently published French study funded by the French Food and Environment Safety Agency (ANSES) found that Bisphenol S, a common substitute of Bisphenol A in food packaging....

The European Commission has published in the EU Official Journal updated legislation amending the EU Regulation on Spirits.

Sporadic and heavy rains this year continue to support good pasture conditions.