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Jordan counts with increasingly westernized consumer tastes. Its 10.5 million consumers are demanding a wider variety of foreign food and agricultural products that are attractively packaged....

Jordan is dependent on grain imports, disruptions to trade will jeopardize food security and stability.

Egypt wheat production is still forecast at 8.77 MMT in MY 2019/20, up from 8.45 MMT in MY 2018/19 due to expansion of total area harvested.

Morocco, a U.S. Free Trade Agreement partner, is a price-sensitive market that, to date, has not showcased a significant volume of U.S. food and beverages in the retail sector.

The Government of Algeria (GoA) introduced a temporary additional safeguard duty (DAPs) to replace the import ban established in January 2018.

FAS Amman (Post) forecasts Jordan’s wheat imports in MY 2019/20 to stay at 1.1 million metric tons (MMT), a figure largely in line with forecasted consumption rates.

This report contains an unofficial translation of Morocco's general modalities applicable to the import and export of cereals (e.g., wheat, corn, barley, rice), pulses, and their products....

In 2018, the United States and Morocco negotiated terms for U.S. poultry market access, which could be an opportunity for U.S. exporters to target the food service sector.

FAS Cairo forecasts Egypt’s marketing year (MY) 2018/19 (October-September) milled rice production to drop to 3.3 million metric tons (MMT), down 1 MMT from the MY 2017/18 estimate.

FAS Amman forecasts Jordan’s wheat production in marketing year (MY) 2018/19 (July-June) at 20,000 metric tons (MT), largely unchanged from the USDA official MY 2016/17 estimate.

FAS Cairo forecasts Egypt’s wheat production in marketing year (MY) 2018/19 (July-June) to reach 8.45 million metric tons (MMT), up by 4.3 percent compared to marketing year 2017/18.

Commencing February 15, 2018, the Jordanian government is imposing a 20 percent sales tax on 164 items, mostly food and beverage products (including carbonated drinks)....