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Philippine economic planners expect the gross domestic product to contract by 2.0 to 3.4 percent in 2020 due to the strict quarantine conditions in response to the coronavirus disease 2019...

Iraqi grain production may not rebound in a similar pattern in MY 2020/21 as it did in MY 2019/20 due to a shortage of rainfall coupled with impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on Iraq’s oil-dependent...

The growth of South African tree nut production is expected to continue in the 2019/20 MY, based on the increase in area planted as the industry responds to increasing demand from export markets...

Zimbabwe’s corn crop for the 2020/21 MY is estimated at 907,628 tons, 17 percent higher thanthe 2019/20 MY’s corn crop of 776,635 tons.

For MY 2019/20, Post´s estimate for fresh lemon production remains unchanged at 1.6 MMT down 10 percent from MY 2018/19. For fresh sweet citrus,

On April 7, 2020, lemon exports were restricted to combat an increase in prices as a result of high demand from the domestic market due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

On June 1, 2020, Japan implemented the positive list system for food container and packaging materials with a five-year transition period.

Health, wellness, and the environment continue to be key purchasing factors for Australian consumers.

The Singapore food retail sector is highly developed and competitive. The industry is comprised of a range of large supermarkets/hypermarkets, convenience stores, “mom and pop” traditional stores...

In 2019, exports of U.S. agricultural and related products to Mexico totaled $18.6 billion, which demonstrates a more than 47 percent increase over the last 10 years.

Fall armyworm (FAW) was detected in Vietnam in 2019 and infected over 35,000 hectares of corn during the 2019 corn planting seasons.

On June 11, 2020, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) officially announced in Resolution 91 the suspension of the Certificate Free Sale (CFS) requirement for imported feed and feed ingredients...