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Export Sales to Mexico

Release: Private exporters reported the following sales activity.


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Indonesia: Pertamina Rolls Out E5 Blending in June 2023

State-owned Indonesian energy company Pertamina will launch a new gasoline product containing 5 percent ethanol in late June 2023, utilizing ethanol derived from domestic sugarcane.


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Vietnam: Vietnam Reduces MFN Tariff Rates on Ethanol

The Government of Vietnam (GVN) issued Decree 26/2023/ND-CP on May 31, 2023, lowering Most-Favored-Nation (MFN) tariff rates on ethanol to 10 percent from 15 percent.


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Panama: Retail Foods

This report provides information to U.S. exporters of agricultural and related products on how to do business with the retail food sector in Panama.


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Saudi Arabia: Retail Foods

U.S. exports of consumer-oriented food products to Saudi Arabia increased 23 percent over 2021 to a record $656 million mainly due to the continued expansion in online shopping platforms.


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Australia: Grain and Feed Update

Good conditions at planting and during the early growth phase for wheat and barley production have prevailed for marketing year (MY) 2023/24.


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Bangladesh: FAIRS Export Certificate Report Annual

This report outlines the Bangladesh government’s required documents to facilitate the importation of U.S. food and agricultural products.


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Canada: FAIRS Annual Country Report

Canada intends to establish a regulatory framework for plastic packaging, covering minimum recycled content requirements, and rules for compostability, and the use of recyclability signs on packaging.


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India: GOI Invites Comments on Draft Amendments to Alcoholic Beverages Regulations 2023

On June 8, 2023, the Government of India’s (GOI) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) invited World Trade Organization (WTO)


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China: Black Sea Grain Initiative Shipments Benefit PRC

According to information published by the United Nations Joint Coordination Centre, as of June 20, 2023, approximately one-quarter of all grain and oilseed volumes shipped under the Black Sea Grain Initiative (BSGI)


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China: Planting Seed 2023 Annual

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is the second largest seed market in the world, behind the United States and annually plants 12 million metric tons (MMT) of seed, with a market value of U.S. $19 billion.


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Ukraine: Ukraine Eases Requirements for Registration of New Plant Varieties

Ukraine waived an obligatory requirement for 2-year field testing for all plant varieties that have already been registered in the EU or U.S.


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The Growing Importance of U.S. Ethanol Exports for Industrial Uses

The United States transitioned from a net importer of ethanol in 2009 to the world’s largest supplier, exporting a record 1.7 billion gallons in 2018.


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Export Sales to Mexico

Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 170,706 metric tons of corn for delivery to Mexico.


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USDA Restricts PACA Violators in Connecticut, Illinois, New York and Nevada from Operating in the Produce Industry

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). These sanctions...


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U.S. Exporters Build New Partnerships During Ag Trade Mission to Japan

June started off on a high note at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service, with the USDA Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Alexis Taylor leading the U.S. delegation on an agribusiness trade mission to Japan on June 5-9.


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The Growing Importance of U.S. Ethanol Exports for Industrial Uses

The United States transitioned from a net importer of ethanol in 2009 to the world’s largest supplier, exporting a record 1.7 billion gallons in 2018.


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Weekly Export Sales

This weekly report is a summary of U.S. export sales activity for barley, beef, cattle hides and skins, cattle wet blues, corn, cotton (by type)


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Coffee: World Markets and Trade

This biannual report, published in June and December, includes data on U.S. and global trade, production, consumption and stocks, as well as analysis of developments affecting world trade in coffee.


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China: Amended National Food Safety Standard Milk Powder and Modified Milk Powder Notified to WTO

On June 2, 2023, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) notified National Food Safety Standard Milk Powder and Modified Milk Powder to the World Trade Organization (WTO) under G/SPS/N/CHN/1160/Add.