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The EU sweetener market will take a new start after the end of the 50 year old EU sugar quota production system on October 1, 2017, and will probably face a period of increased market volatility.

Germany as part of the European Community has implemented EU regulations for the import of products of animal and plant origin.

This report provides information on the laws and regulations for food, import rules for food, and contact information in the Czech Republic.

Spain is one of the largest markets worldwide for fish and seafood. In 2016, Spain was the fourth largest importer of fish and seafood in the world after the United States, Japan and China.

FAS/Moscow estimates record high levels of sugar beet and refined sugar production in 2016/17 due to favorable weather conditions, high yields and improved processing and storage technologies.

For MY2017/18 wheat and barley production volumes are forecast to decrease, while corn and rye are expected to increase.

Lower polarity rates in the last two harvest seasons in Turkey and unchanged sugar quotas led to a substantial increase in sugar imports in 2015.

Assuming average weather conditions during the growing season, FAS/Moscow forecasts Russia’s 2017 grain and pulses production at 110 million metric tons (MMT), a seven percent decrease....

In 2016, exports of U.S. seafood and fish into Ukraine rebounded after two years of contraction.

On March 29, 2017, the Russian Federation notified to the WTO via G/SPS/N/RUS/111/Add.1 that “The Common Rules and Standards to Ensure Plant Quarantine....

The Latvian economy is expected to steadily grow over the next few years. In 2015 total Latvian agricultural imports amounted to U.S. $2.7 billion....

GOR Approved Amendments to the State Program “On Agricultural Development”… Minister of Agriculture Tkachyov Discusses the Results in Agriculture in 2016 and Priorities....