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GOR approved Resolution #1495, “On introduction changes into export customs tariff rates for commodities, exported from the Russian Federation outside of the boundaries of states..."

The Russian Ministry of Agriculture increased the price level for purchases of wheat of 2014 crop for the State Intervention Fund by approximately fifty percent.

Export prices increased 1 percent due to lower-than-expected sales of government rice stocks.

Eighty-eight percent, 28,884 MT, of Taiwan’s 2014 U.S. rice Country Specific Quota (CSQ) under normal tender is yet to be complete.

Export prices declined 1 percent as the government will issue a tender for around 400,000 metric tons on December 22.

The high number of rainy days and unusually cool November slowed the corn harvest; about 10%-20% of corn was estimated to be still in the fields at the end of November.

Secretariat of Economy (SE) published in the Diario Oficial (Mexico’s Federal Register) a decree that modifies the Tariff of the General Import and Export Tax Law for imported rice.

During the past decade, Turkey has emerged as a major exporter of agricultural products, both to the Middle East and other markets.

French wheat exports to Algeria decreased by almost 47 percent due to a lack of available quality and quantity, opening Algeria to exports from Poland and Germany.

On November 21, 2014 the State Council published a draft Grain Law soliciting public comments until December 21, 2014.

The Government of India (GOI) continues to consider rice imports for distribution under governmental feeding programs in the northeastern states, but to date, has not made a decision.

Mexico announced specific guidelines applicable to the 2014 crop year for two new support programs for sorghum growers and buyers as well as rice supports offered in several Mexican states.