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The EU sweetener market will take a new start after the end of the 50 year old EU sugar quota production system on October 1, 2017, and will probably face a period of increased market volatility.

It is estimated that rapeseed planted area in MY 2017/2018 will increase to 160,000 hectares, and will be four percent higher than in the previous year.

On March 13, 2017, the European Commission presented its long awaited report examining whether mandatory nutrition labeling requirements should be extended to alcoholic beverages....

The EU28’s grain harvest is forecast to rise three percent in MY2017/18 despite little change to the planted area.

Total EU-28 oilseeds production for marketing year (MY) 2015/16 is expected to decline by about 9 percent to 32 million metric tons (MMT).

The European Union’s (EU) dairy market seems to be slowly emerging from its recent “dairy crisis,” when EU farmers were faced with overproduction and the lowest commodity prices since 2009.

On Tuesday, February 28, the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (SCoPAFF) again failed to reach a qualified majority on the proposal on endocrine disruptor (ED) criteria.

Lithuania is a net exporter of wood and wood products. In 2016 total trade of forest products between the U.S. and Lithuania increased by 40 percent in comparison with 2015...

Since accession into the European Union Lithuania has modified national laws and brought food and agricultural regulations and standards into full concordance with EU regulations and standards.

In 2015 the total fish catch in Lithuania was 83,705 MT, which included the long-distance, Baltic Sea, and inland fisheries.

Lithuania as a member of the European Union, applies EU regulatory requirements for import of products of animal or plant origin. The EU has harmonized export certification requirements...

On July, 26, 2016, The President of Cote d’Ivoire announced the implementation of the national biosafety law adopted by the parliament on July 1, 2016.