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BMI View: The agricultural sector was hit by further flooding in late 2011 caused by La Nina weather phenomenon, with the flooding affecting both production levels and the quality of crops. Road networks have also suffered extensive damage in what has been the heaviest rainy season on record. Coffee output has not been able to fully recover from the disastrous 2009/10 harvest, and the cattle and dairy industries have been hit especially hard. The costs to the Colombian economy have been estimated at US$5.8bn. Severe weather conditions continue to pose a growing challenge to the agricultural sector as Colombia faces both heavy rainfall and intense droughts.

With its roots from 1960s toll-free service in the United States, International Toll Free Service (ITFS) represents an alternative to collect calling and calling while providing consumer cost savings and network operator savings through reduction of operator service. ITFS provides access to businesses in any country at no charge to the caller with a reverse billing model to the merchant.

GlobalData, the industry analysis specialist, has released its latest research, "Petrochemical Industry - Key Geographies Experiencing Change in Feedstock Scenario". The study, which is an offering from the company's Petrochemical Research Group, provides an in-depth analysis of the petrochemical feedstock supply scenario in the key geographies. It explains the reasons for decrease in supply of ethane feedstock in geographies such as the Middle East and Canada. It also explains the impact of new oil and gas discoveries on the petrochemicals industries in the countries such as the US, Brazil and Canada. The study provides the basic petrochemicals (ethylene, propylene, butadiene, benzene, toluene, xylenes and methanol) capacity split by feedstock for all the five regions. The report highlights the change in the supply trend of petrochemical feedstock sources such as natural gas and crude oil. The report is built using data and information sourced from proprietary databases, primary and secondary research and in-house analysis by GlobalData's research team of industry experts.

GlobalData's report, Propylene Glycol (PG) Industry Outlook in Poland to 2016 - Market Size, Price Trends and Trade Balance provides an in-depth coverage of Poland PG industry. The research presents PG demand and production forecasts, end use demand forecasts, price trends, and trade balance data. Overall, the report presents a comprehensive coverage of Poland PG industry including all the major parameters.

"Gas Processing Industry Outlook in Europe, 2012 - Investment Opportunities, Analysis and Forecasts of All Active and Planned Gas Processing Plants in Europe to 2013" is a comprehensive report on gas processing industry in Europe. It provides in-depth asset details of all active and planned plants in the region. Details include operator name, start year, process/conditioning methods and processing capacity. Planned plants as announced by the companies have been included in the report. The research gives information on the market shares of major gas processing companies in Europe. The report also provides profiles of three major gas processing operators in Europe.

GlobalData's pharmaceuticals report, "Gemzar (Pancreatic cancer) - Analysis and Forecasts to 2020" provides Gemzar sales forecasts for US, EU5 and Japan. In addition, it covers detailed clinical assessment of the drug, factors impacting drug sales, competitive landscape, and analysis of sales performance during the forecast period (2002-2012). The report also includes information on Pancreatic Cancer market. This report is built using data and information sourced from GlobalData's proprietary databases, primary and secondary research using Company's corporate website, SEC filings, investor presentations and featured press releases, both from company and industry-specific third party sources, put together with in-house analysis, by GlobalData's team of industry experts.

GlobalData, the industry analysis specialist, has released its report, "Healthcare, Regulatory and Reimbursement Landscape - Singapore". The report is an essential source of information and an analysis on the healthcare, regulatory and reimbursement landscape of Singapore. The report identifies the key trends in the healthcare market of Singapore. The report also provides insights on the demographic, regulatory, reimbursement landscape and healthcare infrastructure of Singapore. Most importantly, the report provides valuable insights on the trends and segmentation of pharmaceutical and medical devices market. This report is built using data and information sourced from proprietary databases, secondary research and in-house analysis by GlobalData's team of industry experts.

The report provides the latest, highly detailed information on dynamics in Russian Wine market, providing marketers with the essential information to understand their own, and their competitors', position in the market and the information to accurately identify where to compete in the future.

Marketers in the Meat market face a major challenge. Understanding market size and segmentation is valuable, but the keys to effective targeting is knowing just how valuable specific consumer groups are, and being able to quantify the impact of consumer trends.This report solves these problems by providing integrated survey-based data on consumer trends, consumer groups and market data which show exactly the size of consumer groups, how much of the Meat market they account for and which consumer trends drive their behavior.

Published by Canadean, the United Kingdom Nectars Category Profile comprises of text, data tables and charts. Supported by market commentary, data includes consumption trends (historical and forecasts to 2014), segmentation data (flavour, ambient vs chilled), packaging analysis (pack material, refillable vs non-refillable, multi vs single serve), distribution splits and leading companies' percentage market share. In addition, market commentary also looks at the outlook for nectars, functional products, private label, marketing, pricing including market value (at consumer price) and new products for 2010.