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The growing hypermarket, supermarket and minimarket sectors offer significant opportunities for U.S. food products.

Guatemala has a population of almost 17 million inhabitants and approximately 5 million live in Guatemala City where most of the new hotels and restaurants are opening in the country.

In 2016 U.S. agricultural exports to Indonesia totaled more than $2.6 billion, making it the 8th largest market for U.S. agriculture.

On 23 November, the Ministry of Agriculture issued revised regulations on import licensing requirements for horticultural products.

Guatemala announced that it will open World Trade Organization (WTO) tariff quotas in 2018 for 5,000 metric tons (MT) of black beans, 150,000 MT of yellow corn, 50,000 MT of white corn....

Indonesia’s hotel and restaurant sector grew about 5 percent in 2017. Continued urbanization, tourism and MICE (Meeting, Incentive, Conference, and Exhibitions) activities drove the growth.

Rice supply and demand forecasts are unchanged from the last report, and only minor changes are made for wheat and corn.

Indonesia needs a variety of raw materials for its food processing industry, and offers significant opportunities for U.S. ingredient suppliers.

Due to favorable growing conditions and reports of higher production throughout the sector, palm oil production is forecast to reach 38.5 million tons in 2017/18, and 2016/17 output is revised....

Cotton imports are estimated higher in 2016/17 and 2017/18 as higher fossil fuel prices are expected to inhibit growth in synthetic fiber use.

Guatemala has a de facto moratorium on genetically engineered (GE) crops in place, but producer groups continue to pressure the Ministry of Agriculture to allow for the commercialization of GE corn...

This report updates the 2016 Agricultural Biotechnology Annual Report. The U.S. exported over $1.5 billion in GE products to Indonesia in 2016.