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Bangladesh sees record food output this year Bangladesh ( April 22, 2002) - A record 28.5 million tons of food grains production is likely to be realized in Bangladesh in the current fiscal year ending in nest June.
The government, against its annual requirement of 20 million tons of grains, has www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=6828
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E.U. Commission proposes sanctions in U.S. steel row E.U. (April 22, 2002) - The European Commission wants E.U. states to approve duties of 100 per cent on a range of U.S. goods from June to retaliate for new U.S. steel import duties, a Commission proposal on the trade measures said on last Saturday.
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E.U. may ban Florida citrus within three months Belgium (April 22, 2002) - European Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy may impose trade sanctions on Florida citrus within three months as part of a campaign to pressure the U.S. into removing tariffs on steel imports, according to the Wall Street Journal www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=6830
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Dutch fruit and vegetable exports for 2001 hit the record books Netherlands (April 22, 2002) - The Dutch fruit and vegetable industry association Frugi Venta has announced record Dutch export volumes for 2001, a report from Fruitnet.com revealed.
According to the report at least 2.7 million tons of fruit and www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=6831
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East china city hosts International Vegetable Exposition China (April 22, 2002) - The 2002 International Vegetable Exposition was opened last Saturday in Shouguang, a city in east China' s Shandong Province, known as "China's hometown for vegetables".
The 15-day exposition, with "Green and Science www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=6832
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Thai exports may be hurt by new Indonesian trade barrier Bangkok (April 22, 2002) - The Indonesian government is planning to set up new non-tariff trade barrier by mandating that importers must possess import
permission cards from the government, aimed at eliminate goods smuggling into the country, www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=6833
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Islamic bank could spur Halal food industry growth Bangkok (April 22, 2002) - The proposed Islamic Bank will help support future development of the Halal food industry, according to Aree Areesamarn, director of the Islamic Bank Fund Office at the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Co-operatives.
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Call to move away from pesticide use Bangkok (April 22, 2002) - To reduce its heavy reliance on pesticides, the agricultural sector should put more emphasis on the use of naturally occurring substances to stimulate the immune systems of plants, according to an academic at Chulalongkorn www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=6835
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Drought, challenge and opportunity for Thai agriculture Bangkok (April 23, 2002) - This year's drought is forecast to be the worst for some years but the damage could be manageable as the water levels at major dams are higher than a year ago.
This consensus emerged from participants in a Bangkok www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=6837
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Traders urged to get online Bangkok (April 23, 2002) - Commerce Minister Adisai Bhodaramik will encourage traders to adopt electronic commerce in order to revive exports.
He hopes 6,000 exporters will be online this year, rising to 10,000 by the end of next year, helped www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=6838
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High demand for Thai raw sugar as supply tight Bangkok (April 23, 2002) - Thai mills said yesterday that traders at international firms were seeking to buy raw sugar amid tight supply for April/May and May/July shipment, possibly to Russia.
"A few traders have called me today seeking to buy Thai www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=6839
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Chinese producers urge E.U. to lift seafood ban China (April 23, 2002) - The China Aquatic Products Processing and Marketing Association has urged the European Union to drop its January 30 ban on imports of Chinese seafood, the China Daily reported today.
Association president Zhang Mingyu said in www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=6840
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Russian ban on U.S. poultry not a trade war, says Putin Russia (April 23, 2002) - Russian president Vladimir Putin said yesterday that a recent ban on U.S. poultry imports did not mean the two states had been in a trade war.
"There has been no war," Putin told a meeting of the State Council, a www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=6841
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Argentine exports seen eroded by tax saga Argentina (April 23, 2002) - Argentina's efforts to untangle
the mess surrounding its grain exports may unblock markets in
the embattled state, but the country still faces potential trade
losses in key outlets like Europe.
Financial chaos in www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=6842
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Indonesia's unhusked rice output expected to increase Indonesia (April 23, 2002) - Indonesian Agriculture Minister Bungaran Saragih has expressed optimism that the country's dry unhusked rice output this year will exceed last year's.
"This year's harvest is good. Even the current rainfalls will help www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=6843
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Multinational retailers seek cooperation with Chinese suppliers China (April 23, 2002) - For three days 34 multinational retailers will have meetings with more than 1,100 Chinese manufacturers at the International Retailers Global Sourcing Fair which kicked off in Nanjing yesterday.
The fair, co-organized by the www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=6844
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Philippines seeking cuts in tariffs on tuna exports to US, Europe Philippines (April 23, 2002) -
The government is intensifying efforts to bring down tariffs levied on its tuna
exports to the US and the European Community, the Department of Trade and Industry
said in a statement.Trade and Industry Secretary www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=6845
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Tuna production surpluses may be sent to U.S. in Sept-Oct Mexico (April 23, 2002) - Mexico is
the fifth largest consumer of tuna in the world with a total of 11 million cases
of the product each year, reported Juan Carlos Zamorano Morfin, supervisory director
of the National Fishing Commission. Zamorano www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=6846
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Philippines sees higher rice output despite dry spell, stable prices Philippines (April 23, 2002) - The Agriculture Department does not expect prices of
rice to increase with the onset of an El Nino-induced dry spell, as unmilled
rice output is expected to surpass last year's production levels, Secretary
Leonardo www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=6847
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Philippines seeks WTO mediation in canned tuna dispute with E.U. Philippines (April 24, 2002) - The Philippines will seek intervention from the World Trade Organization after five months of negotiations with the European Union for greater access for canned tuna exports failed to yield a settlement.
"The www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=6848
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Russia issues permits for U.S. poultry U.S. (April 24, 2002) - Russia has issued permits for the first purchases of U.S. chicken since it imposed a ban on all American poultry meat in March over health concerns, a State Department spokesman said yesterday.
"They've issued two permits for www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=6849
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Oil World sees Brazil's soymeal exports slowing Germany (April 24, 2002) - Brazil's soymeal exports are likely to slow in the last months of the 2001/02 season because domestic animal feed demand is rising rapidly, Hamburg-based newsletter Oil World said.
Brazil's poultry industry continues rapid www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=6850
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U.S. lawmakers push Andean trade pact U.S. (April 24, 2002) - The head of the White House anti-drug office joined lawmakers yesterday in urging Congress to save a trade policy aimed at helping Colombia and other South American countries reduce their reliance on cocaine production and www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=6851
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Philippines detains three Pingtung fishing boats Philippines (April 24, 2002) - The skipper of one of the vessels says they were all operating legally near Taiwan's southern neighbor and that they expect to sail home today.
Three tuna fishing boats from the southernmost county of Pingtung were www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=6852
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Swedish scientists find cancer agent in staple foods Sweden (April 24, 2002) - Scientists in Sweden have found high levels of a substance believed to cause cancer in staple foods eaten by millions of people around the world, such as bread, rice and potatoes, Swedish media reported yesterday.
Research www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=6853
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Commerce Minister orders steps to boost rice prices Bangkok (April 24, 2002) - The Commerce Ministry is planning to send a trade negotiation team to countries that are major importers of Thai jasmine rice as part of a marketing plan to shore up export prices.
Commerce Minister Adisai Bodharamik has www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=6854
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Bangkok, Jakarta fail to ink barter trade deal Bangkok (April 24, 2002) - Indonesia said it still hoped to hammer out a counter trade deal to buy rice from Thailand, despite failing to reach an agreement at a meeting in Bangkok yesterday.
"We are discussing counter trade. We are trying to www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=6855
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Plan to enhance competitiveness for key industries Bangkok (April 24, 2002) - A 1-billion baht (US$ 23.07 million) bid to boost the international competitiveness of key industries yesterday got the go ahead from the Thaksin administration, which will set up a high powered committee to forge a national www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=6856
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Thai grain importers anxious over Argentina Bangkok (April 24, 2002) - Thai grains importers have bought over 200,000 tons of soymeal and beans from Argentina for April shipment and are anxiously waiting for the shipments amid uncertainty over Argentina's grains exports.
"We have bought quite www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=6857
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Farm bill or not, U.S. farmers planting corn U.S. (April 24, 2002) - Despite no word yet from Washington on how much they will earn from growing crops this year, Midwestern farmers planted corn last week as balmy weather arrived across most of the U.S. Midwest.
"The one thing that will always www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=6858
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France says swine fever found in northeast France (April 24, 2002) - The remains of a wild boar with classical swine fever, which is harmless to humans but can badly damage pork production, have been found in northeast France, the farm ministry said yesterday.
The ministry said it was www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=6859
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Thailand confirms its support to crop substitution projects in Myanmar Bangkok (April 24, 2002) - The Thai – Myanmar relations reach a new height this week with the official visit to Thailand of Vice Chairperson of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar General Maung Aye.
Speaking prior to www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=6860
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Shipping industry losing out on southern business Bangkok (April 25, 2002) - Representatives of the shipping industry and the Commerce Ministry will visit Thailand's southern provinces next month to
see why exporters are shipping their goods through Malaysian ports rather than Thai ones.
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Green Spot plans 100-million-baht boost for soy milk factory Bangkok (April 25, 2002) - Green Spot (Thailand) Co, the bottler of Vitamilk soy milk, says it will spend 100 million baht (US$ 2.31 million) on upgrading its factory at Rangsit and improving management efficiency.
The company will increase www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=6862
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Greenpeace says finds Argentine GM corn in Swiss food Argentina (April 25, 2002) - Greenpeace said yesterday it had found food in Switzerland with traces of a strain of genetically modified corn created by Monsanto and produced in Argentina, where its sale is illegal - allegations Monsanto denied.
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U.S. soybean, corn farmers fear shift by cotton growers U.S. (April 25, 2002) - U.S. soybean and corn grower groups yesterday criticized congressional negotiators for trying to limit federal payments to cotton and rice farmers in a new U.S. farm bill, a move that would drive those farmers into other crops.
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Proposed rule would let clementines into U.S. U.S. (April 25, 2002) - Are Spanish clementine imports - off since December - on again for this fall? Not yet. However, a proposed rule that would clear the way for the resumption of Spanish clementine imports by the 2002-2003 season likely will be www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=6865
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U.S. farm group wary about changing feed, vaccine habits U.S. (April 25, 2002) - As regulators consider changing cattle feeding and vaccination habits to reduce the spread of foodborne illnesses, the nation's largest farm group said yesterday it remains skeptical whether the new rules would be affordable for www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=6866
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Indonesian Bulog eyes 1.6-million-ton rice imports in 2002 Indonesia (April 25, 2002) - Indonesia's state logistics agency Bulog said yesterday it may need to import 1.61 million tons of rice this year if local output was hit by "abnormal" weather.
The news came as little surprise to most traders who have www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=6867
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New body proposed to supply family-run shops Bangkok (April 25, 2002) - The Commerce Ministry plans to set up a non-profit organization to help conventional retailers cut their supply costs and compete more effectively with large discount stores.
The ministry would finalize all measures www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=6868
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Sweet orange drink no delight, groups allege U.S. (April 25, 2002) - A sugary orange drink marketed as a juice beverage is actually "junk juice" whose marketing deceives children and parents, Florida's citrus industry and a consumer interest group said yesterday.
They are hoping to pressure www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=6869
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Misleading food labels confuse U.K. shoppers U.K. (April 25, 2002) - The food industry in Britain has misled shoppers about the contents of products with labels that take advantage of slack legislation, a leading U.K. consumer group said yesterday.
The Consumer Association listed dozens of www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=6870
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FAO readies farm aid for north Sri Lanka Italy (April 25, 2002) - The United Nations food body has drawn up an emergency aid package to help farming families in war-torn northern Sri Lanka rebuild agriculture.
The US$ 224,000 plan to give vegetable seed, fertilizer and agricultural tools www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=6871
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Framework for Asean-China free-trade talks to be discussed Bangkok (April 26, 2002) - Asean officials are gathering in Bangkok today and tomorrow to craft a negotiating framework for a proposed Asean-China free trade area.
Late last year, Asean leaders and China agreed to establish the free-trade area www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=6872
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