Officials in Bangladesh have said that the country will import 950,000 MT of wheat in the 12-month period ending June 2016, a significant increase over the 300,000 MT in 2014/15. They are also taking specific steps to address the quality issues with recent shipments.

  Regional Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST COMMENTS Recent reports indicate some good news for Egypt as tourism is up 4 percent from June 2014. This particular industry is a major consumer of local poultry, so any increase in visitors is of great value to that sector, which in turn is the major consumer of corn and soymeal. There was some bad news, though, as Ukrainian officials say Egypt will be buying 12,000 MT of that country's poultry meat, a major purchase com...