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The impact of the COVID-19 health crisis on the Spanish Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional (HRI) sector has been nothing short of devastating.

The growth in the Russian HRI sector has been steady in recent years, mainly due to the expansion of fast food and chain restaurants outside of the saturated markets of Moscow and St. Petersburg.

It is an ‘on-year’ for pistachios for Turkey; consequently a high amount of production is anticipated for Marketing Year (MY) 2020/21.

The harvest of grains and rapeseed in the Czech Republic ended in the first week of September. Estimates are optimistic that the production of grains will reach above the 10-year average.

On September 17, 2020, the Bulgarian Ministry of Agriculture (MinAg) reported the 2020 wheat harvest at 4.63 million metric tons (MMT), a 21-percent decline from marketing year (MY) 2019/20.

The European Commission launched a public consultation on the EU’s possible actions to reduce the impact of products placed on the EU market with regards to deforestation and forest degradation.

Following the conclusion of Bulgaria’s rapeseed harvest in late July, Ministry of Agriculture (MinAg) and industry reports indicate lower than expected yields and production.

The European Commission launched a public consultation on the EU’s future action plan for the development of EU organic production.

Storms, drought, fires, and bark beetle have caused immense damage to German forests in recent years. Waldsterben (Forest dieback) is slowly gaining public attention.

On September 14, 2020, Denmark notified the World Trade Organization of its proposal to ban the sale of concentrated pesticides and biocides to private individuals via G/TBT/N/DNK/102.

Steady demand for chicken meat and ample feed supplies are expected to lift production to 4.725 MMT (RTC) in 2021.

The turnover of the Dutch foodservice market in 2019 was valued at $16 billion, up four percent from the year before.