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Rice export prices increased 1 percent due to the strengthening Thai baht and white rice purchases from China and the Philippines.

Rice imports in 2017/18 reached 2.15 million tons, the highest level since 2011.

MY2018/19 rice production is revised down due to limited water supplies for off-season rice cultivation in the northeastern region.

On November 13, 2018, Statistics Korea (KOSTAT) released its revised 2018 rice production estimate of 3.868 million metric tons (MMT), slightly down from 3.875 MMT, the initial rice production....

The Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) agreement will enter into force on December 30, 2018, and a free trade agreement between Japan and the European Union....

Rice export prices remain unchanged while traders wait for the shipping arrangements to be finalized for contracts under the recent Philippines’ tender.

Rice export prices are fluctuating as new crop rice enter the market.

Poland’s lower Chamber of Parliament (Sejm) approved a draft amendment to the 2006 Feed Act to postpone the Act’s ban on genetically engineered (GE) feeds and GE-derived ingredients....

Ever since Turkey published its Biosafety Law and implementing regulations in 2010, this legislation has continued to disrupt trade and Turkey’s domestic agriculture and food sectors.

While Chile remains the tenth largest producer of seeds in the world and the United States is the largest market for Genetically Engineered (GE) seeds, seed developers and researchers....

Colombia remains open to the adoption of biotech-derived commodities and innovative technologies.

The Government of Bulgaria (GOB) continues to oppose agricultural biotechnology and generally advocates for anti-biotech policies within the European Commission (EC).