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U.S. exporters can find ample opportunities in the Iberian Peninsula. Spain is the third-largest European Union (EU) destination for U.S. agricultural products, with Portugal ranking 11th. In 2021, the United States exported $1.6 billion of agricultural products to Spain, or 15 percent of total U.S. agricultural exports to the EU. The United States held a 4 percent market share of Spain’s agricultural imports and 2 percent market share in Portugal, behind other EU member states as a group and Brazil.

The retail industry in Guatemala is strong and continues growing; the two largest supermarket chains continue expanding and opening new outlets in both the urban and rural areas of the country.

The EU Council formally adopted the text of the new Regulation on organic production and labeling of organic products.

Slovakia took over its first ever European Union (EU) Council Presidency on July 1, 2016.

Guatemala has great potential for exports of organic agricultural products to the United States, European Union, and Japan.