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France, as a European Union (EU) Member State, applies EU directives and regulations to its food and agricultural import regulatory regime, with only few exceptions.

France is the third largest European economy and according to French customs imported $1.28 billion of food and agricultural products from the United States in 2017.

This report is written for U.S. companies interested in doing business in Greece. It contains information on the economic situation, consumer buying patterns, and strategies for market entry. .

Greece is the EU’s main cotton grower, accounting for more than 80 percent of total European production.

In Greece, there are over 15,000 enterprises engaged in food processing, producing goods valued at approximately $11 billion.

The French food processing sector is valued at $203 billion and has over 18,000 food processors from small-scale to some of the largest food companies in the world.

France’s Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional (HRI) sector had $102.3 billion in sales revenue in 2017, a 1.8 percent increase from the previous year. Hotels and restaurants accounted....

EU-28 chicken meat production is expected to increase slightly again in 2019 driven by both domestic and export demand.

On October 16, 2018, French President Emmanuel Macron named Senator Didier Guillaume as the new French Minister for Agriculture and Food.

FAS Paris obtained a waiver from the French Ministry of Agriculture that allowed the U.S. foundation Wreath Across America to import into France 10,000 U.S. sourced balsam pine wreaths....

France’s recently passed farm and food bill contains a provision that prohibits the imports of agricultural and food products produced with pesticides, herbicides, veterinary medicines....

This report provides updated contact information for Greece and gives an overview of Greek food laws in the EU context.