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Paraguayan beef exports in 2016 are forecast 435,000 tons carcass weight equivalent (cwe). This record is expected as a result of increased beef output and a steady foreign demand.

Estimated milled rice production in Myanmar for MY 2015/16 has been reduced by 400,000 metric tons from the MY2014/15’s level due to flooding in late July and early August.

Flood inundated more than 400,000 hectares of farmland including 393,031 hectares of monsoon paddy fields and about 72,064 hectare of other crops such as corn, sesame and pulses...

Paraguayan ethanol production is forecast to reach a record 215 million liters in 2016. This is a result of expected larger sales of gasoline as the local economy continues to expand.

Minister of Agriculture Kátia Abreu discussed expanding beef, poultry, dairy, fruit, and wheat trade with Russia, Myanmar, Japan, South Africa, and Argentina.

Production of rice, corn, beans, and pulses is forecast to rise in MY 2014/15 and MY 2015/16, offering greater export opportunities.

Myanmar government officials confirmed an avian flu outbreak among the fowl population in the Monywa District (central Myanmar) on February 26, 2015.

2015/16 Paraguayan soybean area is forecast at 3.6 million hectares, a nine percent increase in soybean area compared with 2014/15 estimates, based on expanded area for second crop soybeans.

Myanmar exported 57,721 metric tons of beans and pulses in October 2014, down 13 percent from last month’s level due to the new crop season in India.

Post conducted a buying mission with a Myanmar importer to the Summer Fancy Food Show in New York City during June 25 - July 1, 2014.