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Myanmar’s bean and pulse exports in the first quarter of 2016 (January-March) dropped 41 percent from the same period in 2015 due to low domestic stocks.

From May 12-28 FAS/Sofia participated in the first of its kind for Bulgaria traveling culinary festival “Bulgaria Meets the Flavors of the World”.

Production of rice, beans, and pulses is forecast to decline in MY 2015/16 due to unfavorable weather conditions.

While the United States had a $16 billion agricultural trade surplus with the rest of the world in 2015, it ran a record $12 billion trade deficit in farm and food products with the European Union.

Myanmar exported 1.54 million metric tons of beans and pulses in 2015, up 25 percent from the previous year due mainly to higher demand from India.

Pulses production and planting area in Turkey have been declining for many years, especially in the last decade.

FAS/Moscow increased its forecast of Russia’s total grain crop in MY 2015/16 by 1 million metric tons (MMT) to 103 MMT.

The United States is a leading supplier of pulses to the Netherlands.

According to the Bank of Guatemala (BANGUAT), the food processing industry in Guatemala for year 2015, will grow 3.5 percent and will contribute 0.67 percent to the total GDP.

AgTradeNews is an FAS/Pretoria newsletter that focuses on trade opportunities in Southern Africa.

As a result of FAS Lima’s updated contact database, coordination and support of the USDPL Trade Mission during January 2015, Peruvian importers report buying 30 percent more thus far in 2015.

The German food industry represents the fourth biggest industry in Germany.