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World Market and Trade Short Reports -- 1998

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Dec. 24, 1998 Export Forecast Set at $50.5 Billion; Surplus Shrinks
Dec. 18, 1998 U.S. Exports of Tropical Products in FY 97/98 Decline from Previous Year's Record
Dec. 14, 1998 Southern Hemisphere Wheat Export Availability and Competition Fall
Dec. 14, 1998 U.S. Cotton Exports Decline 43 Percent; Fall to Lowest Level in 13 Years
Dec. 14, 1998 Major World Cotton Producers as Percent of World Total
Dec. 2, 1998 Expected Fiscal 1999 U.S. Agricultural Exports Lowered to $50.5 Billion
Nov. 12, 1998 EU Dominates World Barley Market
Nov. 6, 1998 Organic Perspectives Newsletter
Nov. 5, 1998 China’s Soybean and Product Import Demand in 1998/99 is on the Rise, Yet Key Questions Remain.
Oct. 29, 1998 U.S. Horticultural Exports to Canada Continue at a Record Pace
Oct. 29, 1998 U.S. Exports of Horticultural Products Remain Slightly Behind Last Year's Pace
Oct. 29, 1998 U.S. Agricultural Market Share Holds Its Own
Oct. 30, 1998 Chinese Grain Reform, 1998
Oct 23, 1998 U.S. Exports of Cocoa and Products Forecast to Decline in 1997/98, Mainly as a ReEsult of Economic Slowdowns in Key Asian Markets
Oct 23, 1998 Meat Exporters in 1999 Likely to Find Slightly Less Demand for Their Product.......
As Major Meat Importers, Especially Russia, Constrain Buying
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Oct. 13, 1998 GSM-102 Cotton Registrations Increase 60 Percent in FY 1998; Korea Takes the Lion's Share
Oct. 13, 1998 European Union Oilseed Production
Oct. 13, 1998 Russia's Grain Supply Tightens
Oct. 13, 1998 Russian Feed-Grain Supplies Dwindle as Harvest Drops to 45-Year Low
Oct. 8, 1998 Organic Perspectives
Oct. 5, 1998 U.S. Horticultural Exports to Canada Continue at a Record Pace
Sep. 18, 1998 Russian Grain Situation
Sep. 14, 1998 No Boost in Chinese Import Demand Despite Reduced Wheat & Rice Crops
Sep. 14, 1998 Mexico's Cotton Imports Expected toFall Due to Abundant Stocks (pdf format)
Sep. 14, 1998 World Coarse Grain Area And Production
Sep. 3, 1998 Organic Perspectives, August 28, 1998
Sep. 3, 1998 U.S. Wheat Export Sales in Retrospect: Low Prices Didn't Remedy Mundane Import Demand
Sep. 1, 1998 Russian Ruble Devaluation: Effect on U.S. Poultry Meat Exports
Sep. 1, 1998 Flooding Continues to Impact Crops in China
Sep. 1, 1998 U.S. Wine Exports on Track for Another Record-Breaking Year (pdf)
Aug. 28, 1998 Outlook for U.S. Beef, Pork, and Poultry Meat in 1999
Aug. 27, 1998 COTTON CONNECTION: Sept 1998
Aug. 26, 1998 Financial Crisis Dents Certain Asian Livestock & Feed Sectors: Trade Impact Marginal
Aug. 26, 1998 China Soybeans and Products: The Policy and Market Environment for Trade in 1998/99
Aug. 24, 1998 Flooding Affects Rice and Cotton Crops in China
Aug. 20, 1998 Durum Wheat Production Forecast at Record
Aug. 20, 1998 Reduction in Indonesia's Flour Subsidy To Drive Down Wheat Imports in 1998/99
Aug. 19, 1999 Asian Soybean Meal Consumption Expected to Decline in 1998/99
Aug. 12, 1998 Enhanced Arrival Quality Boosts Potential of U.S. Tomato Exports in Japan
Aug. 2, 1998 August 1998 World Horticultural Trade and U.S. Export Opportunities (press release)
Aug. 2, 1998 U.S. Horticultural Product Exports Lag Behind Last Year's Record Pace
July 31, 1998 Turkey: Red Herring Excuse for Falling Wheat Prices
July 31, 1998 Cotton Connection: U.S. Cotton Consumption and Trade Highlights
July 31, 1998 EU Resists Mounting Pressure to Accelerate Wheat Export Pace
July 30, 1998 China: Rumblings in the Wheat Market; Corn Exports on Hold
July 23, 1998 Cotton Connection
July 21, 1998 U.S. to Host International Cotton Meeting in 1999
July 15, 1998 U.S. Rice Outlook: Down But Not Out
July 14, 1998 Organic Perspectives, June 29, 1998
July 13, 1998 Cotton: U.S. Export Share Decreasing in MY 1998/99 While Increasing for China
July 13, 1998 1998/99 Forecast of World Cotton Production
July 13, 1998 1999 Rice Trade Projected to Fall from 1998 Record as El Niño-Related Import Demand Subsides
July 13, 1998 Drop in US Cotton Production Reduces US Mill-Use and Exports; Opening World Market to Other Suppliers - Particularly China
July 1, 1998 U.S. Exports of Processed Tomato Products Continue at Record Pace
June 30, 1998 Wheat Prices: A Summary
June 22, 1998 The Japanese Recession and a Devalued Yen's Effects on Grain Trade
June 22, 1998 Malaysian palm oil output is forecast to shrink more than 400,000 tons from a year earlier.
June 22, 1998 1998/99 World Cotton Stocks-to-Use Ratio Projected to Decline After Rising for 4 Years
June 4, 1998 Fiscal 1998 Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade Agricultural Exports Now Forecast at $55 Billion, down $2.3 Billion from Previous Year
June 1, 1998 U.S. Horticultural Exports for FY 1998 Running 2 Percent Behind FY 1997
May 29, 1998 Brazilian Sugar Production and Exports Set Records
May 28, 1998 Weekly weather analysis from PECAD
May 22, 1998 Wheat & Coarse Grain Competition in 1998/99
May 13, 1998 Bangladesh Cotton Industry Robust
May 13, 1998 Exporter Situation for Wheat and Coarse Grains to Diverge
May 12, 1998 Subsidized Chinese Corn Sales Begin- in Advance of Summer Grain Harvests
Apr. 24, 1998 Fiscal 1998 Monthly Export Update
Pace of U.S. Agricultural Exports Holds Steady as Declining Sales to Asian Pac-Rim Nations Are Largely Offset by Gains to Canada and Latin America
Apr. 24, 1998 U.S. Fruit and Vegetable Imports, CY 1997
Apr. 24, 1998 U.S.-Mexican Bilateral Trade Trends Under NAFTA
Apr. 17, 1998 Pace of U.S. Agricultural Exports Holds Steady as Declining Sales to Asian Pac-Rim Nations are Largely Offset by Gains to Canada and Latin America
Apr. 10, 1998 April Global Oilseeds Highlights
Apr. 10, 1998 Argentina Becomes World's Largest Peanut Exporter
Apr. 10, 1998 EU Limits Exports Despite Stockbuilding
Apr. 10, 1998 World Rice Supplies Sufficient to Meet Indonesian Demand, but
Next Monsoon is Critical
Apr. 10, 1998 Central American Cotton Imports Rising
Apr. 9, 1998 U.S. Wine Exports Uncorked but the Battle for Overseas Markets Continues
Apr. 7, 1998 The Asian Angle on U.S. Horticultural Exports
Apr. 7, 1998 Record U.S. Pistachio Exports Forecast in 1997/98
Apr. 7, 1998 Australian Sugar Production
Apr. 7, 1998 U.S. Wine Exports Set Another Record in CY 1997
Apr. 7, 1998 U.S. Exports of Frozen French Fries Sizzle
Apr. 7, 1998 U.S. Exports of Tropical Products Set Another Record in Fy 1997
Apr. 7, 1998 U.S. Walnut Exports Continue Record Expansion
Apr. 2, 1998 Long Anticipated Additional Chinese Corn Exports Dead in the Water
(pdf format)
Mar. 23, 1998 Limited Palm Oil Availabilities Benefiting U.S. Soybean Oil Exports
Mar. 13, 1998 Argentina Driving Global Corn Market Into New Era
Mar. 2, 1998 Fiscal 1998 Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade
Agricultural Exports Now Forecast at $56 Billion, down $1.3 Billion From Previous Year
Feb. 12, 1998 U.S. Wheat and Corn Export Estimates, February 1998
Feb. 12, 1998 Export Credit Programs Help Keep U.S. Grains Competitive in Asia
Feb. 12, 1998 Indonesia's Imports to Push World Rice Trade to Near Record
Jan. 27, 1998 Brazil's Soybean Production Forecast to Reach Record Level in 1998 as Yield and Acreage Increase
Jan. 20, 1998 Impact of El Niño on Global Grain Production Not as Large as Originally Feared
Jan. 14, 1998 India's Cotton Consumption Rises as Cotton's Share of the Fiber Market Declines
Jan. 14, 1998 1997/98 Global Wheat Export Sales Pace Outperforming 1996/97
Jan. 13, 1998 U.S. Horticultural Exports Score 13th Consecutive Increase

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