On December 23, 2016, Ecuador’s Foreign Trade Committee passed the extension of the current tariff and duty exemption for soybean meal imports from all origins (including the United States).
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Algeria: Grain and Feed Update

Algeria’s 2017 Finance Law increases value added tax for many products and will decrease imports of barley, corn, soybean meal, rice, oat, sorghum and DDGs.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) published in India’s official gazette a draft Regulation on food fortification.
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Costa Rica: Food Processing Ingredients

Costa Rican food processors and consumers trust and value food products that include U.S. raw materials and ingredients. Demand for quality ingredients has been steadily increasing...
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Bulgaria: FAIRS Export Certificate Report

In 2016 Bulgaria followed EU agricultural and food import requirements. Please see GAIN report E16060 for detailed description of EU import regulations and requirements.
The Government of India’s (GOI) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) postponed the compliance date for the trans-fat declaration in food products February 27, 2017.
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Italy: Food Processing Ingredients

The Italian food-processing industry continues to be highly fragmented, and depends almost entirely on raw material imports, most of which come from other EU countries.