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The Thai Food and Drug Administration (Thai FDA) issued its annual revision to its pesticide residue monitoring program for fresh produce. The protocol remains the same in practice; however, the fresh produce that are considered “high risk” have...

COVID-19 shook the Israeli economy. As a result, Israel’s GDP contracted by 2.6 percent in 2020. Though thanks to a very high rate of inoculation and the reopening of the economy since mid-February, Israel’s GDP is projected to grow by 6.3 percent in...

In the first quarter of 2021, U.S. soybean exports reached the second-highest value ever at $7.7 billion, nearly double the same period last year.

Egypt imported some $3.2 billion worth of consumer-oriented products in 2020. This is a 3 percent increase of the 2019 imports value of $3.1 billion.

Export prices of all grades of rice decreased 4-5 percent.

New measures by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority will have serious repercussions on the Saudi import poultry market.

Export prices of white and parboiled rice decreased slightly despite the appreciation of the Thai baht against the U.S. dollar due to a lack of new inquiries.

Moroccan MY 2020/21 citrus production has benefitted from improved weather and consistent rain.

Strong foreign demand and reduced competition have sharply boosted exports to record levels for U.S. corn in 2020/21.

Post forecasts MY 2021/22 production, demand, and trade for rice, corn, and wheat.

Export prices for all grades of rice decreased around one percent from the previous week due to a lack of new inquiries.

Post anticipates a significant increase in U.S. high-value food product exports to Saudi Arabia in 2021 due to expansion of the retail sector.