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The Costa Rican foodservice-hotel, restaurant and institutional (HRI) industry is being hit hard by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

The Government of Romania (GOR) recently approved direct payments for farmers to compensate for COVID-19 losses, particularly in the livestock and horticultural sectors.

Although oilseed growers in western and central Romania benefited from early-summer precipitation, farmers in eastern Romania experienced significant drought conditions throughout the growing season.

This report provides information on the export certification requirements of the Government of Costa Rica.

This report outlines Costa Rica’s requirements for food and agricultural product imports.

The fallout from COVID-19 and subsequent social isolation and government-imposed restrictions on businesses and have deeply affected Romania’s hospitality, restaurant, and institutional (HRI)...

Late spring and early summer precipitation marginally improved Romanian winter grains development, but provided spring crops a good start.

The number of active African swine fever (ASF) cases is trending downward in Romania. At the end of June 2020, the number of active cases was 243 versus, down from 609 active cases in January 2020.

The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has shaken the Costa Rican economy, and there is great uncertainty over about how quickly it will recover.

Costa Rica’s marketing year (MY) 2019/2020 coffee production reached 1,472,366 60 kilogram (kg) bags, which is 15.4 percent higher than the previous crop.

Post forecasts that year-on-year Romanian oilseed production will decline by 10.7 percent in marketing year (MY) 2020/21, mainly due to a decline in the sunflower area.

Romania’s grain production is forecast down by 2.6 percent in marketing year (MY) 2020/21 from MY 2019/20.