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Netherlands: Food Processing Ingredients

The turnover of the Dutch food processing industry in 2021 (most recent data available) was valued at $83 billion.


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Mexico: Food Processing Ingredients

Mexico’s food processing industry is the third-largest in the Americas behind the United States and Brazil and is among the top 15 worldwide.


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Thailand: Food Processing Ingredients

Thailand’s food and beverage industry contributes significantly to the country’s economy.


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India: Cotton and Products Annual

FAS Mumbai estimates marketing year (MY) 2023/24 India cotton production at 25.5 million 480 lb. bales on 12.4 million hectares area planted, a decrease from the previous year due to the expectation that farmers will shift cotton acreage to higher return crops such as oilseeds and pulses.


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Mexico: Cotton and Products Annual

FAS Mexico forecasts for marketing year (MY) 2023/24 reductions in production, consumption, and trade due to low domestic and global demand for textiles and Government of Mexico (GOM) refusal to approve new genetically engineered (GE) seeds.


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India: Grain and Feed Annual

FAS New Delhi (Post) forecasts India’s market (MY) 2023/2024 (April-March) wheat production at 108 million metric tons (MMT) resulting from 31.9 million hectares.


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Indonesia: Government of Indonesia Orders the Importation of 2 MMT of Rice to Replenish Emergency Stocks

This report modifies the rice consumption, trade, and stocks analysis of the 2023 Grain and Feed Annual for Indonesia in light of new official information.


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Ecuador: Food Processing Ingredients

The food processing industry is an important component of Ecuador’s manufacturing sector.


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Indonesia: Food Processing Ingredients

Indonesia currently imports 65 percent of the raw materials needed for its growing food processing industry. In 2022, exports of U.S. agricultural products to Indonesia increased by nine percent largely due to higher demand for soybean, dairy and beef.


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South Africa: Grain and Feed Annual

South Africa is on course to produce a fourth consecutive bumper corn crop in MY 2022/23, which creates a bearish outlook on local corn prices and will limit growth in the area to be planted with corn in MY2023/24.


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South Africa: Food Processing Ingredients

This report provides more information on the South African food processing sector, including strategies for U.S. exporters interested in entering the market.


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Israel: Food Processing Ingredients

With over 1,800 facilities, the Israeli food processing sector is an important player in the domestic economy.


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Vietnam: Oilseeds and Products Annual

Vietnam’s economy has continued to rebound after the COVID-19 pandemic, while also being affected by global inflation and local price hikes for ingredients.


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Peru: Grain and Feed Annual

Peru's grain production has been impacted by a prolonged drought in 2022 and flooding in March 2023, mostly affecting corn and rice.


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Vietnam: Cotton and Products Annual

Post estimates that Vietnam cotton imports in marketing year 2022/23 (MY22/23) will decrease at least 5 percent year on year to nearly 6.3 million bales due to ongoing global low demand for textile and apparel products.


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Ghana: Grain and Feed Annual

Assurances of support from bilateral creditors and the IMF, and goodwill from the international community in helping Ghana weather the economic storm has offered a brighter hope of an economic resurgence.


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Turkey: Cotton and Products Annual

The February 6, 2023 earthquakes greatly affected Kahramanmaras, the center of Turkiye's cotton yarn and textile production, but the industry is already on the road to recovery.


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Turkey: Food Processing Ingredients

Turkiye’s food and beverage sector depends on domestic and imported ingredients, a large portion of which are sourced from Europe.


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Pakistan: Grain and Feed Annual

Despite?a slight reduction in planted area, 2023/2024 wheat production is forecast to reach 27.0 million tons, two percent higher than last year.


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Thailand: Rice Price - Weekly

Rice export prices increased 2-3 percent, reflecting new inquiries that offset the depreciation of the Thai baht.