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The Post New MY 2015/16 total Mexican oilseed production forecast decreased slightly to 482,000 metric tons (MT) based on a slight decrease in harvested area.

On March 30, 2015, the Secretariat of Economy published an announcement in the Diario Oficial (Federal Register), increasing the maximum export limit of Mexican sugar to the United States.

On March 26, 2015, the Mexican Service of Administration and Disposition of Assets published an announcement in the Diario Oficial containing the public tender for the sale of nine sugar mills.

The following report provides a summary and update of the nine primary ports of entry (POE) located along the 1,900-mile-long United States–Mexico border.

The marketing year (MY) 2015/16 corn production is forecast at 23.4 million metric tons (MMT).

In the past decade, one of the most apparent trends agricultural trade patterns has been the growth in agricultural trade between developing countries or so-called “South-South trade.”

In February 2015 an Illinois-based grocery manufacturing and processing business contacted USDA FAS Washington over problems exporting cheese to Mexico.

Mexico’s beef and pork production are revised higher due to strong market incentives that are promoting higher than expected slaughter.

On February 6, 2015, the Secretariat of Economy (SE) published the guidelines for Mexican sugar export licenses required in the antidumping and countervailing duty suspension agreements...

Mexico’s SENASICA announced a ban earlier this week on all poultry and poultry products originating in the state of California, including egg products, hatching eggs, and baby chicks.

U.S. exports of corn-based products have experienced rapid growth in the past decade, reaching a value of $7.6 billion in fiscal year 2014, up 16 percent from the previous year.

Favorable weather conditions throughout Mexico’s crop producing regions have resulted in higher production expectations in marketing year (MY) 2014/15 for corn and rice.