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The first press review for raw materials in agri food industry
Provided good climatic conditions continue, 2011 is expected to produce another strong …
Despite flooding during the 2011 Maha season, overall 2010/11 Sri Lankan rice production …
Wheat production in Ecuador is expected to remain around 9,000 MT again this year, …
Wheat area for 2011/12 is forecast at 13.8 million hectares, up on the estimate for 2010/11. …
The outlook for 2010/11 looks bright for corn imports as the livestock sector continues …
Syria was an importer of wheat in 2010/11 due to drought and the yellow rust infestation…
Cold weather in early February damaged large areas planted to corn, wheat, and dry beans. …
In MY 2010/2011, Colombian Corn production is estimated to decline by 160,000 tons, …
Global production and trade which is estimated at 49.8 million metric ton (MMT) and 3.5 MMT, respectively are both down 5 percent from the January forecast. Production in Brazil declined 8 percent, from 17.8 MMT to 16.2 MMT,…
For marketing year (MY) 2010 (January-December), peach/nectarine production is forecast at 10 million metric tons (MMT), up two percent from the previous year. A cold spring has delayed flowering and will cause a late harvest in northern China; however,…
Since the Marketing Year (MY) 2006 (October 2005/September 2006) near-term, record-low coffee exports of about two million, 60 kilogram bags, Ugandan exporters have increased exports to where during MY 2011, FAS/Nairobi forecasts that Uganda…
CY 2011 raisin production is forecast to increase to 30,000 MT due to higher yields and new vines entering production. Raisin exports and domestic consumption are estimated to increase as a result of larger production. Raisin production and exports for 2010 were revised to 24,000…
In marketing year (MY) 2008/09, Japan produced 2.74 million metric tons of potatoes from a total crop area of 84,930 hectares. Although Japan lifted its import ban on U.S. fresh potatoes in February 2006, access to the Japanese market…
World production and trade estimated at 50.8 million metric ton (MMT) and 3.2 MMT, respectively, are virtually unchanged from the February forecast. The higher export projection for the United States (up 39%) is in response
Global almond production for 2009/10 is forecast at 760,000 MT, down 13% mostly due to an expected smaller crop in the United States, where over 80 percent of the world’s almonds are produced.
According to industry sources, the higher cost of resulted in lower input use by producers, negatively. Also, Costa Rican coffee plantations are getting Institute (ICAFE), 40% of the plantations are over trying to obtain financing…