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Australia is a prosperous, economically stable, and industrialized nation. Underpinning Australia's strong economy is its open and transparent trade and investment environment....

Health, wellness and the environment continue to be major focuses among Australian consumers.

Fresh orange production is estimated at 480,000 metric tons (MT) in 2017/18.

Angola currently does not allow the use of agricultural biotechnology in production, and imports containing genetically engineered components are limited to food aid.

The Australian federal government is very supportive of biotechnology and has committed considerable long-term funding to research and development.

On November 9, 2017, Angolan President, João Lourenço, issued an order to end the contract between Angolan Customs and the commercial company Bromangol for the operation of analytical laboratories....

The Australian dairy industry is recovering from a period of significant disruption with a spike in exits from the industry.

Post has further lowered its estimate for Australian wheat production to 20 million MT for 2017/18, due to continuing adverse seasonal conditions across most cropping areas.

The Angolan Government made more foreign exchange (forex) injections available in 2017 to combat the high inflation and reduced food availability due to lack of forex since mid-2015.

Post forecasts the Australian sugar cane crush for 2017/18 at 34 million MT, up 6 percent on the official forecast.

Uncertain seasonal conditions for Australia are expected to slow cattle herd rebuilding.

The Australian biofuel industry and market remain small because mandates do not cover the entire country and remain modest compared to other countries with biofuel programs, and tax relief....