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The Government of Pakistan has set the wheat production target at a record 26 million metric tons for the 2016 Rabi (winter) season. Wheat area is not expected to change significantly from a year ago.

The report contains the text of Pakistan’s proposed Geographical Indication Protection Bill. The Bill is still a draft and will have to pass through various phases of approval before submission...

Pakistan is a small but growing market for imported consumer food products and the small modern retail sector is growing slowly.

Pakistan’s 2016/17 cotton harvest is progressing as forecast. Higher prices prompted farmers to strengthen their insect control methods compared to a year ago and progress thus far suggests...

The major export certificates required by Saudi Arabia’s regulatory and import control agencies are included in this Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards (FAIRS) Certificates Report.

Saudi Arabia applies Gulf Standardization Organization (GSO) biotech regulations on food and agricultural products. The GSO regulations, issued in 2011, call for biotech labeling if the biotech...

Pakistan’s shift from an importer of soybean meal to an importer of soybeans continues following adjustments to the tariff schedule two years ago.

Planting of the Rabi (winter) wheat crop is expected to get underway in a few weeks. The Government has not announced a revised procurement price, but Pakistani wheat is already among the most...

Sugar production is forecast at 5.4 million metric tons, up slightly from a year ago.

he Saudi Grains Organization (SAGO) will take over will take over the exclusive right to import and manage local distribution of feed barley on October 2, 2016.

Pakistan’s 2016/17 cotton production is forecast at 8.25 million 480 lb bales, up 250,000 bales from the previous estimate.

Pakistan has increased its effective import tariff on imports of milk powder and whey powder from 20 to 45 percent with the imposition of a 25 percent “regulatory duty.”