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Core Tip: Nepal's "Newspaper" reported on February 27: The chairman of the Chitwan Banana Producers Association said that Nepal's local bananas are now ready to be put on the market, but imported Indian bananas have impacted the domestic market. As the market share of Indian bananas continues to increase, it is more difficult to market local bananas. Currently, nearly 40% of bananas on the Nepalese market come from India.

More than half of consumers answered that they have ‘drank imported sterilized milk,’ but many gave negative reviews in terms of taste, freshness, and safety. The Korea Dairy and Beef Association’s Dairy Policy Research Institute released the results of the ‘2024 Milk and Dairy Product Consumption Behavior Survey’ conducted on 1,000 people aged 14 to 68 nationwide from June 21 to November 15 last year on February 27. When asked ‘Have you ever drank imported sterilized milk?’, 50.5% of respondents answered ‘yes.’ Among those who have tried imported sterilized milk, 38.6% said that ‘imported milk has a lower flavor than domestic milk,’ and 37.3% said that ‘the expiration date is long, so I doubt its safety.’ In addition, 27.6% evaluated it as ‘not as fresh as domestic milk.’ The number of people who answered that they reduced their milk consumption was 31.7%, which is 3.4% lower than the previous survey in 2022 (35.1%). On the other hand, the percentage of people who answered that their milk consumption ‘increased’ was 19.5%, up 1.4% from 18.1% in the same period. The preference for domestic cheese and butter remained the same. The preference for domestic products was higher than that for imported products, with 76.9% for cheese and 41.7% for butter. Reporter Lee Moon-soo

EU wheat exports totaled 13.93 MMT from the beginning of July to March 2, down from 22.04 MMT in the same period last year.*Export data for Italy is incomplete for the last three months. Export data