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Poland, as a member of the European Union (EU), applies EU regulatory requirements for imports of animal and/or plant-origin food and agricultural products.

Poland is the largest market for food and beverages in Central and Eastern Europe. With its population of nearly 40 million people, it constitutes an attractive market for U.S. food....

In marketing year (MY) 2017/18, Poland’s total apple crop is estimated at 2.8 million metric tons (MMT), a 20 percent decrease from last year.

Post forecasts that 2018 Polish poultry meat production will grow by 2 percent over 2017.

The total MY2017/18 EU-28 grain crop is revised up 2 MMT to 304 MMT, due to improved outlooks for both the wheat and corn crops.

Post forecasts Polish swine inventories to increase by 3 percent in 2017 due to the favorable farmgate prices and reduced feed costs.

Poland currently opposes of the use of genetic engineering (GE) in agriculture and Polish law prohibits the cultivation of GE crops.

2017 milk production in Poland will increase by 5 percent over 2016 because of higher farm-gate prices and favorable feed supplies.

A shifting political landscape in the EU has led to fears that voting “against” import authorization of Genetically Engineered (GE) crops is becoming perilously close to a new norm.

Poland’s production of wheat, rye, mixed grains and triticale, barley, corn, and oats in MY 2017/18 is forecast to reach 31.9 million metric tons (MMT), a 7.5 percent increase over MY 2016/17.

Polish stone fruit yields will decline due to late-spring frost damage.

Updated import duties of Euro 5.16 per metric ton are applied on corn, sorghum and rye from August 8, 2017.