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FAS/Moscow forecasts Russian broiler production to rise to 3.4 MMT in 2015.

FAS/Moscow forecasts Russian imports of cattle to remain relatively flat in 2015 (i.e., 100,000 head) as livestock importers continue to improve the quality of their genetics.

Russian sanctions on fruit and vegetables from the EU will affect approximately USD 420 million of Spanish agricultural exports. Spanish stone fruits and citrus will be the most affected products.

FAS/Moscow lowered its forecast of Russia’s sugar beet production in 2014 from the April 2014 forecast by three million metric tons (MMT) to 36 MMT.

Before the European Union accession, Croatia’s most important agro-food export markets were the Central European Agreement (CEFTA) countries.

Turkey produced 2.39 million metric tons (MMT) of sugar in marketing year (MY) 2013/14 from a harvested area of 280,000 hectares.

EU sugar production for food in MY 2014/15 is forecast at 16.3 million MT, up from 16.0 million MT in MY 2013/14, but down from 16.6 million MT in MY 2012/13.

EU-28 broiler sector is expected to grow in 2014 and 2015, benefiting from slowly increasing demand, since it is less affected than other meats by the economic recession.

In the European Union (EU), governments, the media, non-governmental organizations, consumers, and industry associations remain conflicted about the use of agricultural biotechnology.

Greece is the third largest producer of peaches in the EU-28, after Italy and Spain.

Italy is the largest peach and nectarine producer in the EU-28 and ranks second in the world after China. Italy’s MY2014/15 peach and nectarine production is preliminarily forecast to stay flat.

Italy is the second largest hazelnut producer in the world ahead of the United States, but behind Turkey, whose huge supply dominates the world market.