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Sint Maarten remains an open market for U.S. food and agricultural products with duty-free entry and limited import regulatory requirements.

U.S. exporters of foods in hermetically sealed containers to Thailand can use U.S. FDA’s Filed Process Filing document as the equivalent certificate to meet new requirements.

On December 4, 2014, the Vietnamese Office of the Government released Decree 116/2014/ND-CP promulgating detailed provisions of some articles of the Law on Plant Protection and Quarantine.

Uzbekistan relies on imports of certain food products which are not locally produced in sufficient volumes, in order to meet the country’s growing demand.

Since Malta joined the European Union in 2004, European funds have served as a major contributor towards enhancing the country's socio-economic infrastructure.

Export prices declined 1 percent as the government will issue a tender for around 400,000 metric tons on December 22.

The high number of rainy days and unusually cool November slowed the corn harvest; about 10%-20% of corn was estimated to be still in the fields at the end of November.

Bulgaria already exported its rapeseeds surplus with exports reaching 460,000 MT at the end of November.

Secretariat of Economy (SE) published in the Diario Oficial (Mexico’s Federal Register) a decree that modifies the Tariff of the General Import and Export Tax Law for imported rice.

Over the past 11 years (2004-2013) U.S. exports to the Caribbean Island Basin of consumer-oriented products and fish products have averaged over 10 percent annual growth.

Costa Rica’ production of oranges is expected to decline to 6.0 million boxes (40.824 kg.) during 2014/2015.

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