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The export of pears and apples is forecast to increase by 4 percent in the 2018/19 MY, while table grapes exports will increase by 8 percent, as the industry starts its recovery....

Due to relatively high stock levels that are suppressing local corn prices, Post estimates that South Africa’s commercial corn producers will cut area by 10 percent to 2.1 million hectares....

South Africa is the largest user of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) for agricultural exports to the United States in the Southern African region.

Post estimates that the South African raw sugar production will increase by 8 percent to 2.2 Million Metric Tons (MMT) in the 2018/19 Marketing Year (MY), due to an increase in sugar cane....

On September 28, 2018, the South African Revenue Service published notifications that a safeguard duty of 35.3 percent will be imposed on EU bone-in chicken.

Angola currently does not allow the use of agricultural biotechnology in production, and imports containing genetically engineered components are limited to food aid.

South Africa has the largest foodservice market in Southern Africa, and a highly competitive hospitality industry.

Two-way agricultural trade between the United States and Southern Africa has grown significantly in the past decade, reaching a record $1.5 billion in 2017.

Post forecasts MY 2018/19 (August to July) area for Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali and Senegal at 1.71 million hectares (HA), a 0.9 percent increase from the previous year due mainly to reported....

Post estimates that the South African raw sugar production will increase by 8 percent to 2.2 Million Metric Tons (MMT) in the 2018/19 Marketing Year (MY), due to an increase in sugar cane....

Post estimates that the decreasing trend in sorghum production in South Africa will continue in the 2018/19 MY.

Ethiopia considers fruit crops as being high-value strategic, agricultural export commodities.