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The Government of Pakistan has approved an export subsidy to facilitate the export of 1.2 million tons of wheat from government-held stocks.

Based on the officially reported data, FAS/Moscow increased its forecast of Russia’s total grain crop in MY 2014/15 by 2 million metric tons (MMT) to 104 MMT.

For the second year in a row, U.S. wheat constituted nearly half of all Brazilian wheat imports.

Recovering from the decline in Japanese Fiscal Year 2012 and JFY2013, corn utilization in compound feed gradually increased in the first half of JFY2014, reaching the JFY 2011 level...

MY 2014/15 wheat consumption and imports remain unchanged at 3.7 million and 3.9 million tons respectively.

Over late 2014, prospects for Australian winter grains crops worsened as a result of continued dry weather. Both yields and the volume of production were affected.

Post continues to estimate wheat production for 2014/15 at 12.5 million tons, 500,000 tons higher than USDA, on 4.2 million hectares, 100,000 hectares higher than USDA.

2014 saw near-record imports of U.S. agricultural products into Taiwan, valued at $3.79 billion (based on Taiwan customs data).

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.

The government of Bangladesh (GOB) gradually developed seed laws, policies, and regulations for the seed sector that eventually expanded regulatory oversight over all seed varieties.

GOR approved Resolution #1495, “On introduction changes into export customs tariff rates for commodities, exported from the Russian Federation outside of the boundaries of states..."

The Russian Ministry of Agriculture increased the price level for purchases of wheat of 2014 crop for the State Intervention Fund by approximately fifty percent.