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Despite the impact of the coronavirus pandemic in the Brazilian economy, the retail industry registered a positive performance.

This report contains summaries of relevant decisions and documents from the Armenia-Belarus-Kazakhstan-Kyrgyzstan-Russia Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) meetings, published between November 21, 2020, and July 22, 2021, that impact EAEU food and agriculture policy.

Brazil reached robust sales growth figures for wines in 2020, reaching 380 million liters or 15 percent higher compared to 2019.

This report contains FAS Nur-Sultan’s production forecasts for MY2021/22 as well as trade estimates for MY2020/21.

On June 11, 2021, the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA) issued a notice soliciting public comments on the “Plant-Based Regulatory Discussion.”

On December 30, 2020, the Brazilian National Biodiesel Production Program (CNPE) issued Resolution #14 with guidelines to implement a new market environment for biodiesel trade, which should replace the current biodiesel public auctions.

For 2021/22, Post forecasts soybean planted area at 40.3 million hectares (ha), and production at 143.5 million metric tons (MMT), based on a yield of 3.56 mt per ha. Post revised up 2020/21 planted area estimate by 300,000 ha to 38.8 million ha, and...

On June 9, 2021, the Federal Gazette (DOU) published Resolution RDC/Anvisa #541/2021, which modifies Resolution RDC/Anvisa #332/2019 that defines requirements for the usage of industrial trans-fat in foods.