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In 2020/21, total citrus production in Turkey will decrease due to hot weather conditions in May 2020 during the blooming season.

As of October 2020, the legal and regulatory situation to allow the planting of genetically engineered (GE) crops in Ecuador remains the same as 2019.

Turkey published its Biosafety Law and implementing regulations in 2010. This legislation has continued to disrupt trade and Turkey’s domestic agriculture and food sectors.

Turkey’s cotton production is now estimated at 625,000 MT (2.87 million bales) on 350,000 hectares in marketing year (MY) 2020/21.

This report serves as a road map for U.S. companies exporting to Ecuador. While Ecuador is a challenging market for U.S. food and agricultural products, it is also one of opportunities.

After five years of negotiations, Ecuador continues the process to approve the production of hemp for industrial and medicinal purposes.

Turkey announced additional tariff reductions on lentils and eliminated tariffs on sunflower seed. According to a Presidential Decree published in the Official Gazette on November 5, 2020...

In marketing year (MY) 2020/21, Turkey’s total apple crop is expected to increase to 4.3 million metric tons (MMT) and the pear crop to 550,000 MT, according to the Turkish Statistics Institute.

Decree published in the Official Gazette, import tariffs on wheat, barley, and corn are reduced to zero, from 45, 35, and 25 percent, respectively.

The number of tourists entering the country continued to increase but the real value of tourist receipts decreased in 2019.

Turkey’s marketing year (MY) 2020/21 corn planting area is expected to be about 620,000 hectares (ha) and production will total 7 million metric tons (MMT).

Turkey’s sugar beet production is forecast at 19 MMT in MY 2020/21 and is expected to result in 2.75 MMT of sugar.