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GOR approved Resolution #1495, “On introduction changes into export customs tariff rates for commodities, exported from the Russian Federation outside of the boundaries of states..."

Canada continues to rank as one of the top destinations for U.S. agricultural exports.

Opportunities exist to expand U.S. food product sales to Canada's food and beverage processing sector.

Milk, cheese, butter and skim milk powder production is forecast to increase in 2015 due to the need to build stocks.

Russia’s Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service effectively banned the transit of goodsthat are subject to Russia’s August 2014 import ban, through the Republic of Belarus.

Weekly minimum grain volumes required to be moved by Canadian railroads, which were set to expire on November 29, 2014, will be extended until March 28, 2015.

The Canadian renewable fuels industry is coming close to reaching its medium term domestic production capacity.

In previous years, some U.S. exhibitors at shows or trade fairs in Canada have run into difficulties with getting their products across the border.

A new Order in Council set minimum weekly grain shipments for Canada’s two rail companies from August 3 through November 29, 2014, at 536,250 MT.

The 2014 growing and harvest seasons were uneventful for the Canadian apple and pear sectors with production volumes estimated only slightly below last year’s level.

Statistics Canada puts the 2014/2015 wheat, barley, corn, and oat crop at 48.7 million metric tons (MMT), 26 percent below the previous year’s crop of 65.9 million metric tons.

The Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), the regulatory body of the Russia-Kazakhstan-Belarus Customs Union (CU), published a new draft document amending the CU veterinary requirements