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Review of El Salvador’s Food and Agriculture Import Regulations and Standards.

El Salvador's Ministry of Environment has not completed the necessary steps of the regulatory framework for their safe use and commercialization.

El Salvador’s coffee production is expected to rebound to 624,000 sixty-kg bags in 2014/15 (October 2014 - September 2015), a 24 percent increase from the historically low 2013/2014 harvest.

El Salvador's sugarcane planted area in 2014/2015 (Nov 2014-Oct 2015) is higher than in 2013/14 reaching 71,143 hectares (ha).

Central America and the Caribbean, with their close geographical and economic ties to the United States, have always been an important market for U.S. agricultural exports.

This report updates several sections from the prior release including Section I. List of all Export Certificates Required by Government and Section II. Purpose of Specific Export Certificate (s).

Review of El Salvador’s Food and Agriculture Import Regulations and Standards (2012-2014).

Complete update of Annual Exporter Guide (with review of 2013-14) for trade in 2015.

In 2008, El Salvador abolished the Planting Seed Law that required imported seeds to have a phytosanitary certificate with an additional declaration stating that the seeds did not contain GMOs.

A strong economic outlook, growing middle class and surging demand for consumer-oriented foods make Sub-Saharan Africa one of the fastest-growing regions for U.S. agricultural exports.

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

El Salvador's coffee production has declined significantly due to the severe coffee rust outbreak that has affected the Central America.