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This report is an update on recent efforts by Korea to update their veterinary drug safety management system, which may impact U.S. exports of meat and livestock products to Korea.

Export prices declined 2-4 percent due to lack of new inquiries and weakening of the Thai baht.

Chicken meat production is expected to continue to rise as the Kingdom pursues a goal of 80% self-sufficiency by 2025.

On August 7, 2020, the Secretariat of Economy (SE) published in Mexico’s Federal Register (“Diario Oficial” – DOF) an agreement establishing the specific provisions governing the unilateral tariff...

On August 13, 2020, Poland’s Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) declared Poland as free of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) following three months with no HPAI detections.

According to the Indian Meteorological Department, the cumulative rainfall for the Southwest Monsoon 2020 is two percent higher than normal fifty-year average of 710 millimeters, as of August 31, 2020

The Canadian cattle herd and swine herd are both expected to contract in 2021. Cattle exports are forecast to grow, beef exports are projected to increase, and Canada will continue to import...

Wheat production for Marketing Year (MY) 2019/20 is revised upward based on favorable weather conditions and water supplies in Mexico's main producing state.

FAS Cairo (Post) forecasts Egypt’s wheat production in marketing year (MY) 2020/2021 (July-June) to reach 8.9 million metric tons (MMT), up by almost 1.5 percent compared to 8.77 MMT...

The Turkish cotton crop for MY 2020/21 is now estimated at 350,000 hectares and 615,000 MT (2.825 million bales). Low yields, unattractive cotton prices, inflated costs...

China’s raisin production is forecast at 160,000 MT in MY 2020/21, down 20 percent from the previous year as the Covid-19 outbreak in the country’s major producing area has delayed raisin processing.

Chipping potatoes from Idaho, Oregon, and Washington were among several U.S. agricultural products that received new and expanded access under the U.S.- China Economic and Trade Agreement...