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On April 6, 2018 France published its third emergency decree banning cherry imports from countries where the use of the chemical dimethoate is legal.

On April 11, 2018, the European Commission published a proposal to amend the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive to answer Member States’ demand for tools to tackle dual quality of foodstuff....

The EU started the post-quota era with an all-time record sugar production of 22.8 million MT for MY 2017/2018, of which 21.1 million MT is for processing into sugar....

The French food processing sector is valued at $191 billion and has over 17,600 food processors from small-scale to some of the largest food companies in the world.

Total EU oilseeds area and production in MY 2018/19 is forecast slightly upward due to increasing acreage of all three major oilseeds (rapeseed, soybean and sunflower).

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

On March 12, 2018, the EU alcoholic beverages industry presented a “joint’ self-regulatory proposal on nutrition labeling and ingredients listing to the European Commission.

At the end of January 2018, French President Emmanuel Macron presented a roadmap for future French agricultural policy and has proposed a new law to forward this vision.

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 as a member of the European Community has implemented EU regulations for the import of animal and plant products.

More than 70 percent of French household food purchases are made in supermarkets and local smaller discount stores.

France (including its overseas territories) has 67 million consumers and is the third largest economy in the European Union after Germany and the United Kingdom.