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This report outlines the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan’s regulatory requirements for food and agricultural product imports.

There is no genetically-engineered (GE) crop production in Jordan. The country continues to allow the import of GE products that are approved for use in the country-of-origin....

For 2017/2018, production of all three types of fresh deciduous fruit is forecast to rise to 550,000 MT for apples, 600,000 MT for pears and 45,000 MT for table grapes due to higher yields....

After some years of decline, the Argentine dairy sector is beginning to recover.

FAS Amman (Post) forecasts Jordan’s wheat imports in MY 2017/18 to reach 1.1 million metric tons (MT).

Post projects Argentine wheat production for 2017/18 at 16.8 million tons, 700,000 tons smaller than USDA due to a significantly lower harvested area. Excess rain during the planting and growing....

Heavy rains during August and September have caused noteworthy damage across Argentina’s main crop areas (specifically in the provinces of Buenos Aires, Santa Fe and Cordoba).

FAS Amman in cooperation with the U.S. Grains Council and the Amman Chamber of Commerce organized on September 19-20, 2017, in Jordan a first of its kind grains standards workshop.

Jordan’s Ministry of Industry and Trade lowered by three percent the sale price of subsidized flour to bakeries in July.

On August 29, 2017, Minister of Water and Irrigation Dr. Hazim El-Naser and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Eng. Imad Fakhoury, in cooperation with the Ministry of Industry....

Argentine beef exports for 2018 are forecast to rise by 25 percent to 350,000 tons, carcass weight equivalent, and the largest volume of the past nine years.

Post forecasts 2018 broiler meat production to grow slightly by 1 percent to 2.11 million metric tons.