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President Dilma Rousseff announced the appointment of Katia Abreu as Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, and Food Supply on December 23, 2014.

This report outlines regulatory requirements for food and agricultural product imports into Brazil, including import procedures.

Brazilian orange crop for 2014/15 is projected at 400 million 40.8-kg boxes, down 13 million boxes from the previous year.

MY 2014/15 (Aug/July) rainy season started normally in May for most selected countries but a long pause during June and July could reduce countries’ initial targets.

From May through September 2014, FAS Brasilia staff visited six of Brazil’s nine states which make up ‘’Amazonia Legal," a political-administrative region situated in the northern half of Brazil.

Post forecasts 2014/15 area planted to cotton at one million hectares with cotton production reaching 6.9 million bales (1.5 million metric tons).

Post reduced its 2014/15 production forecast to 92 mmt, still a record, based on a lower national yield.

Brazilian coffee production for 2014/15 was revised upward to 51.2 million 60-kg bags, but still off 3.3 million bags from the previous year.

The 2014/15 soybean production forecast is maintained at 94 million metric tons (MT) despite slow pace of plantings in Mato Grosso.

The Brazilian MY 2014/15 sugarcane crop is estimated at 619 mmt, down 5 mmt from MY 2013/14, mainly due to weather related problems in the center-southern producing region.

Post forecasts fluid milk production to increase by 3 percent in 2014, supported by relatively strong domestic demand.

The Brazilian MY 2014/15 sugarcane crop is estimated at 619 mmt, down 5 mmt from MY 2013/14, mainly due to weather related problems in the center-southern producing region.