Sentences with phrase «european food imports»

Twenty - one member state agricultural ministers have urged the Commission not to cut agri budgets and called for extra emergency funds to help counter the Russian embargo on European food imports.

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Major categories include but are not limited to gourmet foods, Northwest and regional products, imported products, ethnic foods, Asian, European, Indian, kosher, Hispanic / Mexican, South American, natural and organic foods.

The European Commission (EC) will provide Private Storage Aid (PSA) for butter, skimmed milk powder (SMP), and certain cheeses to «alleviate» the impact of the Russian embargo on European Union (EU) food imports.

«Since China banned imports of household plastics wastes on January 1, European food producers and retailers have intensified efforts to reduce or eliminate plastic.

The Green Group of the European Parliament has proposed a Resolution about imports of food from Japan following the Fukushima disaster.

Also, the fact that most of developing or third world regions used their own edible oils for centuries were now more dependent on importing American and European processed edible oils has destabilized their local food and agricultural economies.

ECONOMIC OVERVIEW Currency: Australian Dollar ($ A) Market Exchange Rate (5/24/02): US $ 1 = $ A1.79 Nominal Gross Domestic (GDP, 2001E): U.S. $ 365.8 billion Real GDP Growth Rate (2001E): 4.1 % (2002F): 3.8 % Inflation Rate (2001E): 4.3 % (2002F): 3.0 % Unemployment Rate (2001E): 6.9 % (2002F): 7.0 % Current Account Balance (2001E): - $ 15.3 billion (2002F): - $ 16.9 billion Major Trading Partners: Japan, other Far East, European Union, United States Major Export Products: crude materials, food and live animals, mineral fuels and lubricants Major Import Products: machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, chemicals