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The report includes information that has been garnered during travel within Kazakhstan, reported in the local media, or offered by host country officials and agricultural analysts.

Marketing year (MY) 2015/16 wheat production is forecast at 94 million metric tons (MMT), marginally lower than last year’s record production due to less acreage.

Israel is almost completely dependent on imports to meet its grain and feed needs.

The Government of Pakistan has allowed the export of 100,000 metric tons of subsidized wheat flour.

Corn, wheat and, rice imports are expected to grow only marginally through 2015/16 in line with expectations for slow demand growth.

Production data from the Kazakh Statistical Agency shows total grain production in 2014 at 17.2 million metric tons (MMT) and total wheat production at 13 MMT, down 6 percent from last year.

MY 2014/15 (May-April) rice and wheat production estimates are unchanged at 34.5 and 1.3 million metric tons (MMT).

Wheat production is increased 250,000 metric tons (MT) on stronger than expected durum yields in southeast Anatolia.

Post expects wheat, and rice imports to be tight due to availability of foreign exchange.

A higher support price, adequate irrigation, and low cotton prices have combined to encourage farmers to plant their wheat in a timely manner for the upcoming 2014/15 Rabi (winter) season.

Ukraine’s sale of grains continues as the risk of political interference, which had diminished perspectives for the next marketing year (MY) crop are finally quelled.

Early outlook for 2015/2016 is for area seeded to wheat, barley, corn and oats to increase to more average levels as areas that were left unseeded the previous year due to inclement weather...