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Kazakhstan's draft biotech law could remain stalled until the country's WTO accession. Meanwhile, new Customs Union regulations address labeling and import of biotech products.

In the EU, governments, the media, NGOs, consumer groups and industry remain conflicted about the use of agricultural biotechnology.

Recent high-profile activism against biotechnology has created uncertainty among those involved in production and research of biotechnology products in Costa Rica.

El Salvador has no legal restriction on the use of agricultural biotechnology. However the country's biotech regulatory framework is still being developed.

The Colombian government has communicated no clear vision for biofuels policies despite promises to increase blend mandates as new production facilities come online in 2015.

This biannual report, published in May and November, includes data on U.S. and global trade, production, consumption and stocks, as well as analysis of developments affecting world trade in sugar.

Despite a slow global economy, trade in forest products increased by 15 percent from 2010 to 2011.