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Post forecast Australian wheat production at 21 million metric tons (MMT) for 2018/19, 12.5 percent below the official forecast, due to hot conditions and low rainfall in eastern Australia.

Japan’s conclusion of a free trade agreement with the European Union (EU) and efforts to conclude the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) are expected to increase....

Domestic and export rice prices declined 1 to 2 percent due to the lack of new inquiries and further weakening of the Thai baht.

The report provides trade data on Vietnam's monthly rice exports by grades and destinations, and weekly quotes for export rice by grades.

The winter wheat and barley harvests began earlier than usual in 2018. As of June 21, about 47 percent of barley and 4 percent of wheat areas were harvested.

As actual rice planting area was less than FAS/Seoul had estimated in the last report, the rice production forecast for MY 2018/19 is revised down to 3.73 million metric tons (MMT).

Rice export prices remain under downward pressure due to competition from Vietnamese rice and further weakening of the Thai baht.

Italy is the largest rice producer in the EU-28.

Rice export prices declined 2 percent due to the weakening Thai baht and the sale of the remaining 2 million metric tons of government rice stocks.

Total production of grain and other crops on a grain equivalent basis is estimated at 5.75 million metric tons (5 MMT, milled basis for rice and grain equivalent for soybeans) in marketing year....

In Fiscal Year (FY) 2017, Spain imported $1.7 billion worth of agricultural, fish and forest products from the United States.

The hotel industry in Ghana grew rapidly over the past ten years, catering to an expansion of both business and tourism.