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Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) confirmed Japan’s first outbreak of Spodoptera frugiperda, or Fall Armyworm (FAW).

On August 23, 2019, the People’s Republic of China’s Ministry of Finance (MOF), State Council Tariff Commission (SCTC) announced new tariffs on certain U.S. products, valued at $75 billion USD.

The pace of plantings for all major kharif crops is slower than last year as delayed monsoon rains and low reservoir storage levels have resulted in lower planted area.

The Ethiopian Sugar Corporation (ESC), a government owned entity, plans to privatize ten partially completed sugar mills and three older mills that are operating in some capacity.

Kenya is an emerging middle-income country and has one of the best performing economies in sub-Saharan Africa.

The Fall Armyworm (FAW; Spodoptera frugiperda) – a crop-eating pest – first detected in China in January 2019 has now spread across 15 Chinese provinces....

Ukrainian sugar production is estimated at 1.3 MMT based on production area reports as of May 2019.

This report serves as a road map for U.S. companies exporting to Ecuador.

India’s centrifugal sugar production in marketing year (MY) 2019/20 (Oct-Sept) is expected to decline 8.4 percent to 30.3 million metric tons (MMT) due to lower than expected sugarcane production....

FAS Lagos (Post) forecasts Nigeria’s domestic cane sugar production in marketing year (MY) 2019/20 (May-April) to reach 75,000 metric tons (MT) (raw value), down about 6 percent....

The Fall Armyworm (FAW; Spodoptera frugiperda) – a crop-eating pest – first detected in China in January 2019 has spread across China’s southern border and currently impacts about 8,500 hectares....

Growth in Chinese sugar production is expected to slow in 2019/20, with sugar cane acreage forecast to remain steady and sugar beet acreage forecast to increase slightly.