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Fueled by increasing disposable income levels and a strong consumer demand, the Turkish retail sector grew 3.7% in 2013 and reached US$ 311 billion.

The Turkish Grain Board (TMO) invited local and international traders to participate in a tender, which was held on October 18, 2014. TMO intends to import 40,000 MT of paddy rice.

Based on the officially reported data on the progress of the Russian grain harvest, FAS/Moscow increased its forecast of Russia’s total grain crop in MY 2014/15 by 1 million metric tons to 102 MMT.

Greece’s MY 2014/15 (July/June) apple production is forecast to decrease by 2 percent, because of the low temperatures occurred during fruit setting and maturity phases.

With more than 2MMT, Italy provides around 20 percent of the EU-28 apple production.

In June 2014, FAS Bucharest and AgroBiotechRom Association, the voice of the biotech industry in Romania, organized another successful biotech outreach activity.

A tender for 800 head of breeding bulls (500 head of Simmental, 100 head of Charolais, 100 head of Limousin, 50 head of Brown Swiss, 50 head of Montbeliard breed) will be held on December 15, 2014.

The Russian Ministry of Agriculture drafted a government resolution approving 500 million rubles ($11 million) of subsidies to pay for rail transportation to move 100,000 MT frozen herring.

Sunflower and rapeseed crops have responded well to the favorable climatic conditions in 2014.

Romanian farmers have witnessed another good crop year. Harvested crops are estimated to grow for both winter and spring crops this season.

In Fiscal Year (FY) 2014, Spain imported $2.2 billion of agricultural, fish and forest products from the United States, up 19 percent compared to the previous year.

Post learned, November 22 that Turkish officials now require an official attestation that imports utilizing enzymes or microorganisms are free from genetically engineered enzymes or microorganisms.