| The following GAIN reports were released on February 6, 2025. _______ This provides an update to the report Citrus Annual_Brasilia_Brazil_BR2024-0043. The report has been edited from its original version to revise estimates and update the Post forecasts for production, consumption and exports. The Brazilian orange crop for Marketing Year (MY) 2024/25 is forecast at 320 million 90-pound boxes (MBx) - standard reference, equivalent to 13 million metric tons (MMT), an increase of 5.4 percent compared to the Post estimate for MY 2023/24 (300 million boxes or 12.3 MMT). Brazil's production in MY 2024/25 is anticipated to recover slightly from the current season, which was the lowest since 1988. Post forecasts the Brazilian FCOJ 66 Brix equivalent production for MY 2024/25 at 1.0 MMT, an increase of 8 percent vis-à-vis the Post estimate for MY 2023/24 (930,000 MT), due to a slight recovery from the lower availability of oranges for processing from the current harvest. Strong demand growth continued in the Bulgarian tree nut market in marketing year (MY) 2023/24. The domestic demand increase was led by both the retail/food service industry and by the confectionary trade. Local production of tree nuts, however, has not kept up with this expanding demand, and in fact declined last marketing year due to adverse weather (summer drought and heat). This led to surging imports, including from the United States. For MY 2024/25 expectations are for a marginal recovery in local supply, and stable to higher imports and consumption. In MY 2023/24, the United States strengthened its market position as a leading tree nut supplier to Bulgaria, with double digit growth in Bulgarian imports of U.S. tree nuts to over $14 million. Comments on India's revised measure on metal contaminants, toxins and residues are due by February 10 as notified to the World Trade Organization (WTO). The measure addresses tolerance limits for metal contaminants, crop contaminants, and antibiotics and includes limits for saffrole and oxolinic acid for certain processed foods and seafood products which may not have much impact on U.S. exports to India. On January 29, 2025, the Israeli Ministry of Justice and the Israeli Ministry of Health published a request for public comments for the application of changes to the Annex of European Union Directive 2023/915. The main purpose for the changes is to either add pollutants or change the values of the maximum permitted levels. The publication is open for public comment until February 12, 2025, 23:59 (Israel Standard Time). For more information, or for an archive of all FAS GAIN reports, please visit gain.fas.usda.gov/. | 
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