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The French food processing sector is valued at $212 billion with over 17,650 food processors from small family owned businesses to some of the largest food companies in the world.

On April 8, 2020 France published its fifth emergency decree banning fresh cherry imports from countries where the use of the chemical dimethoate is permitted in cherry production.

Clusters of COVID-19 cases have been found in workers at three French slaughterhouses since April.

With sugar production zones recovering from the drought that affected the country in the past year, Post forecasts sugar production of 580,000 metric tons (MT) during Marketing Year (MY) 2020/2021...

Wheat consumption in the Dominican Republic (DR) during Marketing Year (MY) 2020/2021 (July 2020/ June 2021) is forecast at 420,000 metric tons (MT), with imports at 560,000 MT.

The Dominican Republic’s food processing industry was valued at $8.8 billion during Calendar Year (CY) 2019 in activities categorized as “food industry,” with an additional $2.8 billion...

France as a member of the European Community has implemented EU regulations for the import of animal and plant products.

EU-27+UK chicken meat production is expected to increase slightly again in 2020 driven by both domestic and export demand.

The Dominican Republic continues to be a strong market for U.S. bulk agricultural products (corn), intermediate goods (soybean meal) and high value consumer-oriented products....

France has no commercial production or field trials of genetically engineered (GE) crops.

After months of debate, in December 2019 France announced required no-pesticide buffer zones between treated crops and inhabited areas.

This report summarizes the key technical and import requirements for food and agricultural products imposed by the Government of the Dominican Republic.