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Central America and the Caribbean, with their close geographical and economic ties to the United States, have always been an important market for U.S. agricultural exports.

The Government of Costa Rica recently issued a Decree fixing producer and consumer prices of rice, thus maintaining a longstanding policy of price fixing in the domestic rice market.

Growing demand from sophisticated consumers and an absence of trade barriers has resulted in Hong Kong’s rise to the 7th largest market for selected U.S. organic exports, valued at $8 million in 2014.