Bulgaria’s leading importer of organic products, BalevBio, requested FAS Sofia's assistance to assist with the first-ever shipment of U.S. organic maple syrup to Bulgaria.
On February 3, 2021, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India published the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Second Amendment Regulations (2021)...
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) published on February 16, 2021, a clarification that compliance with the exclusion of High Fat Sugar Salt (HFSS) Foods...
The United States is the second largest exporter of pet food to Japan with 16.4 percent of the market led by Thailand (33%) and followed by France (16%).
This report intends to inform U.S. processed foods and non-alcoholic beverage companies interested in the Mexican market about updates to the new Front of Pack labeling modifications...
On January 29, the Japanese government announced that it would reduce planned imports of butter to 6,400 metric tons (MT) in Japanese fiscal year (JFY) 2021 from 14,000 MT the previous year...
During 2020, FAS El Salvador contracted a market research study to update Salvadoran consumer preferences in the Consumer-Oriented food/beverages category.
U.S. snack exports to Guatemala reached $18.9 million in 2019. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, sales of savory snacks grew by 10 percent in 2020, and retail volume sales grew by 5 percent...
Two key free trade agreements – the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (or CAFTA-DR) and the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement – have stimulated U.S. agricultural exports...
South Asia, which includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, accounts for 24 percent of the world’s population, with 1.84 billion people in 2019.
On January, 6 the Central Bank of Argentina announced financing restrictions on importers of luxury goods, including but not limited to, champagne, whisky, liqueurs and other spirits...
The Government of India’s Food Safety and Standards Authority of India published a directive that extends its implementation date for trans-fat limits in processed food products.
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is a regional political and economic treaty organization comprised of the Arabian Gulf nations of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.
China’s bakery sector has been expanding rapidly in recent years, underpinned by the country’s rising middle class, ongoing Westernization of lifestyles and diets, and increasing demand.
On December 18, 2020, the Government of India’s (GOI) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) published in its Gazette the Food Safety and Standards (Fortification of Foods)...
On November 9, 2020, Colombia’s Ministry of Health and Social Protection (MINHEALTH) issued Resolution 2013, a regulation that sets mandatory maximum sodium content limits for 59 processed food...