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Costa Rica has a well-developed hotel and restaurant sector and tourism is ranked as one of the main economic drivers representing an important source of foreign currency.

Transgenic seed varieties have been grown in Costa Rica since 1992 with all seeds being exported to other countries.

Costa Rica’s 2015/2016 citrus crop rebounded to 8.2 million boxes (40.824 kg.) after what is now considered by the local industry as one of the worst crops on record (2014/2015).

The EU remains the world's largest wine producer despite lower production levels in 2016 compared to 2015. U.S. exporters should be aware that specific wine labeling rules...

Although Estonian poultry meat production is on a rise, domestic supplies do not cover growing domestic demand.

Estonian Swine inventories are expected to decrease by 15 percent in 2016 due to low levels of farmgate prices for swine, ASF outbreak, and introduction of the Russian import ban in 2014.

The restrictive marketing measures that Ireland wants to introduce for all alcohol products could impact U.S. exports to the EU.

It is expected that in 2016 milk deliveries in the European Union will increase by 1.1 percent and stabilize in 2017.

Since the United States entered into the CAFTA-DR trade agreement, U.S. agricultural exports to the six CAFTA-DR countries have more than doubled.

The EU grain harvest is now under way in most Member States.

In 2014 Estonia’s primary energy production exceeded 244 thousand TJ with over 77 percent produced from shale oil and 18 percent from wood.

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