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Rice export prices increased 2-4 percent as the Thai baht strengthened and new crop rice harvesting was nearly completed.

On August 23, 2023, the Philippine Department of Agriculture issued Memorandum Circular No. 37 (2023), an Addendum to the Bureau of Animal Industry Memorandum Circular No. 26 (2021), which requires traders to submit a Feed Utilization Report and...

The Philippines has been a pioneer within Asia in adopting biotechnology crops, and recently approved Bt cotton as the 4th genetically engineered (GE) crop cleared for commercial propagation after corn (2002), rice (2021), and eggplant (2022). The...

Thailand has yet to finalize its Biodiversity Act. Since December 4, 2022, the Thai Food and Drug Administration has enforced two notifications regarding GE (termed “Genetically Modified” or GM) food imports, production and labeling.

Rice export prices increased 2-5 percent as the Thai baht strengthened.

Philippine imports of processed vegetables grew 35 percent year on year, reaching $460 million in 2022. Imports increased 40 percent as of August 2023, coinciding with a five percent rise in GDP during the first half of the year. The United States...

Post increased the MY2023/23 rice production forecast to 19.9 MMT to reflect greater water availability than previously projected for the MY2023/24 off-season rice crop. The forecasts for MY2023/24 corn production and imports and MY2023/24 wheat...

Export rice prices increased 3-13 percent due to the strengthening of the Thai baht which offset the downward pressure on domestic rice prices.

This report describes the status of Burma’s production and regulations for genetically engineered products and recent activities focused on agricultural biotechnology.

Export rice prices fell by 1-3 percent as the Thai baht weakened and new paddy rice crop entered the market.

The Philippine Department of Agriculture released "Guidelines on Targeted Vaccination as a Complementary Tool for the Control of Avian Influenza (AI)" on November 3, 2023.

Export rice prices rose 1-2 percent due to the strengthening of the Thai baht.