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The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) continues to monopolize foreign exchange, imports of food, agricultural inputs, and distribution of those goods, creating profound....

Nigeria’s wheat imports in marketing year (MY) 2018/19 are forecast at 5.4 million metric tons (MMT), up 4 percent from the MY 2017/18 import figure of 5.2 million metric tons.

Responding to inflationary pressures, the Philippine government is set to liberalize rice imports by converting Quantitative Restrictions to tariffs.

This report contains an unofficial translation of Morocco's general modalities applicable to the import and export of cereals (e.g., wheat, corn, barley, rice), pulses, and their products....

Rice imports in 2017/18 reached 2.15 million tons, the highest level since 2011.

MY2018/19 rice production is revised down due to limited water supplies for off-season rice cultivation in the northeastern region.

Brazil is the second largest producer of biotech crops in the world.

The EU’s complex and lengthy policy framework for biotechnology slows down and limits research, development, production and imports.

In 2016, estimates for Vietnam’s growing areas of biotech crop (corn) were at 35,000 ha, accounting for about 3 percent of the total cultivated corn area.

On April 30, 2008, El Salvador abolished Article 30 of the Planting Seed Law that required imported seeds to have a phytosanitary certificate with an additional declaration stating that the seeds....

In Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 (October to September), total Colombian food and agricultural imports were valued at $5.6 billion.

On December 23, 2016, the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) and the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) released the National Food Safety Standard....