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INDIA, September 8, 2004 -- *India's new foreign trade policy - agricultural highlights*, *Plan for integrated food law turns stale*, *Cotton mills seek ICA arbitration for imports*, *Government's failure to revise oil import tariff evokes speculation*, *New GM crops policy*, *Protocol to implement the early harvest scheme under India-Thailand FTA framework agreement signed*, *Food law under preparation*.

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Annual

GERMANY, September 8, 2004 -- For CY 2004, German commercial apple production is forecast at 842,000 MT up 14 percent from the previous year. Non-commercial apple production is forecast at 1.0 million MT, and commercial pear production at 58,000 MT. Production of concentrated apple juice (CAJ, 70.5 brix) is forecast at 99,600 MT in MY 2004/2005.

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Swedish Market for Organic Products

SWEDEN, September 8, 2004 -- This report gives an overview of the market for organic products in Sweden and also outlines the requirements for organic food imports into Sweden. Swedish organic production and consumption and trade policy is also discussed.

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September Update

UKRAINE, September 8, 2004 -- Oilseed production in Ukraine in 2004 will be slightly higher than earlier forecasted. Despite the anticipated increase in soybean exports in MY 2004/2005, Ukraine will likely increase imports of soybean meal to meet increasing demand from the domestic broiler feed industry. U.S. soybean meal, however, will face stiff competition from South American suppliers.

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Russian Companies Offer High Quality Services for Promotional Events

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, September 8, 2004 -- ATO/Moscow does not endorse these companies, but offers them as initial points of contact for U.S. companies interested in expanding their activity base in Russia.

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Dried Prune Annual

FRANCE, September 8, 2004 -- For 2004, French prune production is estimated at 47,000 MT, 10 percent below the large crop of 2003. France is a net prune exporter, and competes with the United States on EU markets. During MY 2003/04, French exports are expected to increase slightly to 16,000 MT, mainly due to a sharp increase in shipments to Russia, a new market for French prunes. French prune exporters hope to benefit in MY 2004/2005 from the smaller U.S. prune crop.

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This Week in Canadian Agriculture, Issue 30

CANADA, September 8, 2004 -- * National Pork Producers Urge Canada to Stop Hog Subsidies * Live Hog Exports Increase, Pork Exports Ease * Cattle Industry Looks to Increase Slaughter Capacity in Light of U.S. Border Closure * Less Non-NAFTA Beef For Canada * Canadian Seed Potatoes to Mexico * WTO Appellate Body Upholds Previous Ruling on the CWB * Canadian Softwood Exporters Celebrate Victory * Canadian Wheat Board Hires A New Government Relations Person * Crop Update * It's Cold Out There

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Cheese and Dairy Products Brief

CHILE, September 8, 2004 -- Chile's processed dairy product market is strongly influenced by European technology. Few imported dairy products are competitive and the main barriers are market acceptance, shelf life and price. Cheese faces the fewest obstacles among potential dairy product exports to Chile.

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EU Rice Weekly, Brussels, 7 September 2004

EU-25, September 8, 2004 -- This weekly report contains data on rice prices in the U.S., Thailand and the EU. It also lists current import duties and export subsidies in the EU. All information will be published as such in the USDA publication "Rice Market News". Please note that the EU has changed it's rice import tariffs from September 1, 2004, with a fixed tariff of EUR 65/MT for brown rice and EUR 175/MT for white rice.

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German Grain Harvest 2004

GERMANY, September 8, 2004 -- The German grain harvest 2004 broke a new record amounting to 50.1 MMT compared to 39.4 MMT in drought stricken year 2003 and the six year average of 44.5 MMT. Grain quality is good. Prices have already dropped significantly compared to one year ago. The intervention price will set the floor price for baking wheat, barley and corn. Rye prices are no longer supported by the EU intervention system. The plentiful crop may result in intervention purchases of about five million tons of barley and one million ton of baking wheat. In MY 2004/05, three new ethanol plants processing grains will come into operation with a total annual processing capacity of 1.2 MMT.

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September Update

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, September 8, 2004 -- The MY 2004 crop estimate is raised to 75.8 million metric tons (mmt), including 43.8 mmt of wheat, based on the progress of harvesting. Given heavy precipitation in the European part of the country, the majority of this year's wheat will be of feed quality and the price gap between milling quality wheat and feed quality wheat is rising. Low barley prices will result in a significant drop in barley exports, which will not be compensated for by an increase in wheat exports. Corn imports will continue to increase fueled by the developing domestic poultry industry.

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Grain and Oilseeds Update

BULGARIA, September 8, 2004 -- Bulgaria is expecting a very good corn and sunflower crop and extra high exports of all grains and oilseeds. Sunflower crop production is likely to reach 700,000 MT and corn production 1.4 MMT. Wheat exports for the first two months in MY04/05 were about 350,000 MT, and barley exports reached 190,000 MT. Bulgaria filled its EU exports quotas, 275,000 MT of wheat and 55,000 MT of barley in full amount and in time. Major export destinations were Spain, Italy and Greece.

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