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Taiwan’s beer market increased to 517 million liters (137 million gallons) in 2013.

Even though Taiwan’s food processing and ingredients industries are extremely competitive, there are still great opportunities for U.S. exporters.

With November trade reports, 2014 is confirmed as another record year for U.S. beef exports to Taiwan, valued at over USD $269 million.

In MY2014/2015, Egypt’s total planted area to citrus will remain unchanged while total area harvested will increase by 1.7 percent due to better growing conditions.

Eighty-eight percent, 28,884 MT, of Taiwan’s 2014 U.S. rice Country Specific Quota (CSQ) under normal tender is yet to be complete.

Taiwan’s retail food sector is becoming increasingly competitive, and foreign operators (Costco, 7-11, Carrefour and Wellcome) continue to dominate Taiwan’s food retail market.

French wheat exports to Algeria decreased by almost 47 percent due to a lack of available quality and quantity, opening Algeria to exports from Poland and Germany.

Post forecasts Israel’s MY 2014/15 (October-September) citrus production at 604 thousand metric tons (TMT), up nearly 17 percent from MY2013/14.

In 2013, the number of food retail outlets in Saudi Arabia was estimated at 40,435 stores, an increase of 15 percent over their number in 2012.

Burger King's possible return to Israel; New Israeli Food Law; Reform to the Tariff Rate Quota Allocation System.

The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) recently announced that it supports the creation of new dairy cattle farms and importing 90,000 dairy cattle in the near future.

Post estimates Morocco’s total citrus production for MY2014/15 at 1.70 million MT, a decline of 23 percent compared to the exceptional production registered in MY 2013/14.