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MY 2016/17 cotton area is forecast unchanged at 43,000 hectares (HA); new farmers are not expected to add cotton area due to relatively higher profit margins for short duration crops. MY 2016/17 imports are forecast at 5.8 million bales on...
For MY 2016/17 (May-April), total rice area and production levels are projected to increase slightly to 11.8 million hectares (HA) and 34.55 million metric tons (MMT) assuming good weather and recovered Aman rice area. MY 2016/17 rice imports are...
The drought is forecasted to severely impact the 2016/17 MY Swaziland sugar cane crop. Post forecasts that the sugar cane production in Swaziland will decrease by 21% to 4,600,000 MT in the 2016/17 MY, which will result in a 24% decrease in sugar...
South Africa should return to be a net exporter of corn in the 2016/17 MY of about 1.0 million tons on higher production. Post forecasts that South Africa’s wheat imports for the 2016/17 MY will be five percent lower at 1.9 million tons due to an...
After the big surge in MY2015 when New Zealand beef production topped 690,000 MT, the highest since 2004, beef production is forecast to reduce to 659,000MT in MY2016. Accordingly exports in MY2016 will be reduced from a record 639,000MT in MY2015 to...
The New Zealand kiwifruit industry can celebrate a bumper year in 2015 with production up 30% at 475,000 metric tons (MT) and exports up 31% at 454,000MT. Export receipts were up a significant 43% at NZ$1.44bn on an FOB basis. Forecasts for 2016...
Post forecasts a decrease in corn production in Tanzania in the marketing year (MY) 2016/2017 due to unfavorable weather forecast by the Tanzania Meteorology Agency (TMA) in some of the key growing regions. Corn consumption is expected to increase...
Ethiopia is dealing with the worst drought to hit the country in decades. The production of major grains is estimated to have dropped by 4.5 million metric tons in MY15/16 (Oct-Sep). In response to the drought-related humanitarian needs, the...
FAS/Nairobi forecasts a marginal increase in corn production in Kenya in the Marketing Year (MY) 2016/2017 because of Government of Kenya (GOK) and county governments’ support to farmers. Wheat production will remain flat as farmers respond to lower...
New Zealand has strict biosecurity rules for plant and animal products. Nevertheless, New Zealand imports large volumes of food and beverage products from the world. This report outlines regulatory requirements for food and agricultural products...
This report outlines regulatory requirements for food and agricultural products exported to New Zealand. The sections on food laws, copyright and trademarks laws have been updated since the last report.
While South Africa produces a variety of high-quality agricultural products for export, the country continues to offer windows of opportunity for imports of both consumer-oriented and processed fruit and vegetables products. In the ten months of 2015...