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In fiscal year (FY) 2015 – October to September, total Colombian food and agricultural imports were valued at $5.5 billion.

Japan continues to represent one of the best opportunities in the world for U.S. exporters of food products.

Pakistan is a small but growing market for imported consumer food products and the small modern retail sector is growing slowly.

All sections of the 2015 Exporter Guide were updated to include the latest economic data and import regulations.

Indonesia faces economic challenges in 2015 and 2016. Bank Indonesia expects growth at approximately 4.7 – 5.1 percent in 2015 and 5.2-5.6 percent in 2016.

Egypt’s economy is rebounding registering its largest growth rate since the outbreak of the 2011 revolution, growing by 4.2 percent in FY 2014/15.

In 2014, Serbia’s agro-food exports reached a value of USD 3.3 billion, a 5 percent increase from 2013.

In 2015, Bulgaria followed EU agricultural and food import requirements. No new or additional national import requirements have been introduced by Bulgaria.

China is one of the largest producers of biotech cotton in the world. It is also the world’s largest importer of biotech crops, but it has not yet approved any major biotech food crops for cultivation

During 2015, on the backdrop of continuous food scandals and rising consumer concerns, Chinese food regulators continued the onerous task of regaining consumer’s trust by revamping China’s Food Safety

In October 2015, the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) released the Guide for the Establishment of Maximum Pesticide Residue Limits (MRL) of Pesticides in Foods.

This report lists major export certificates required by the Japanese government to export food and agricultural products to Japan.