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Guatemalan Customs (SAT) is detaining agricultural products in its newest wave of revaluation investigations.

Domestic sugar production is forecast up to 300,000 metric tons (MT) in marketing year (MY) 2017/18.

Post estimates that Jamaica's sugar production will be 100,000 MT in 2017/18.

El Salvador's sugarcane planted area in MY2017 (Nov 2016-Oct 2017) remains the same as in MY2016 reaching approximately 82,000 hectares (ha).

Post is forecasting total production of wheat, barley, corn, and oats to reach 52.6 million metric tons (MMT) in 2017/2018, a seven percent decrease from 2016/2017 production levels of 56.7 MMT.

Wheat exports for 2017/18 are forecast at 10.5 million tons, slightly higher than the previous year. Barley area for 2017/18 is forecast to drop for the second year in a row.

Mexican sugar production for marketing year (MY) 2017/18 is forecast to be 6.6 million metric tons raw-value (MMT-RV), although there is not yet an official forecast.

On March 29, 2017, Peru suspended imports of poultry products from the States of Tennessee and Wisconsin.

Brazil’s MY 2017/18 sugarcane crush is estimated at 645 mmt, a one percent decrease compared to the previous season due to irregular weather conditions in some growing areas....

2016/17 Paraguayan soybean area is forecast to grow marginally to 3.33 million hectares, an increase of 1 percent.

ruguayan beef exports for 2017 are forecast down marginally at 382,000 tons carcass weight equivalent.

Sugar production and exports are projected to increase in marketing year 2017/2018, up from the previous year.