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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....

The Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture, the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and the Desert Locust Control Organization for East Africa (DLCO-EA) are working together to control the desert....

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.

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 Ethiopian Sugar Corporation (ESC), a government owned entity, plans to privatize ten partially completed sugar mills and three older mills that are operating in some capacity.

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

Ethiopia’s coffee production for MY19/20 (Oct-Sep) is forecast at 7.35 million 60-kilogram bags (441,000 metric tons).

Cotton production for MY2019/20 is forecast at 262,000 bales (57,000 metric tons), 8 percent higher than the previous year.