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Key events of the first year since the launch of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) included its expansion to welcome two new members, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan, a free trade agreement with Vietnam...

Russia’s Grain Stocks Reach 31 Million Metric Tons . . . New Federal Agricultural Subsidy Distribution Orders . . . EAEU Members Forecast Development of Russia’s Agricultural Sector for 2016-2017 . .

In 2016 beef production is forecast to decline 3.3 percent to 3.310 MMT CWE as cattle inventories decrease 1.6 percent due to stagnation of the Russian dairies which supply most cattle for slaughter.

Current annual production is estimated at 160,000 MT, or three to four percent of total fish and seafood production in Russia.

Russian Ministry of Agriculture Discusses Cooperation with Hungarian AgroHoldings . . . Russian Ministry of Agriculture Ready to Continue Cooperation with Austria . . .

During the first 11 months of 2015, Russian brewers produced 659.5 million deciliters of beer - 7.3 percent less compared to the same period in 2014.

February 15, 2016, VPSS will impose temporarily restrictions on corn and soybeans originating from the U.S. as a result of violations of international and Russian phytosanitary requirements.

FAS Moscow forecasts 2016 broiler production to reach 3.70 million metric tons (MMT), or 4 percent growth year-on-year.

EAEU, published draft amendments No. 1 to the EAEU Technical Regulation “On Food Products Labeling” for public comments.

GOR Distributed Subsidies . . . Rospotrebnadzor Inspects Turkish Goods During New Year Holidays . . . Russian Veterinary Service Bans Imports from Largest Brazilian Beef Suppliers . . .

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

Russia’s stagnating economy has been the key factor affecting the domestic food market.