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This report provides overall information on regulations and standards for importing U.S. food and beverage products to Argentina.

Israel’s planted area with citrus in marketing year (MY) 2020/21 is forecast to be 18,260 hectares (ha) up 3.7 percent from the area planted in MY 2019/20 of 17,600 ha.

For MY 2020/21, Post forecasts fresh lemon production at 1.03 MMT, down 30 percent from MY 2019/20, due to cold damage and dry growing conditions.

As of September 2020, Israel does not have a policy restricting the use of imported genetically engineered (GE) commodities or derivative products.

On November 2, 2020, Argentina authorized a payment scheme to compensate small and midsize farmers for a portion of their export taxes paid on soybeans.

On November 2, 2020, Argentina authorized a payment scheme to compensate small and midsize farmers for a portion of their export taxes paid on soybeans.

For MY 2020/21, apple production is forecast steady at 570,000 MT while pears rise 10,000 MT to 610,000 MT. Exports are estimated to decrease to 110,000 MT for apples and 320,000 MT for pears...

Argentina’s raisin production is forecast to remain stable in CY 2021 at 44,000 metric tons (MT) due to favorable weather conditions.

Growing food markets in Israel: • Meat substitutes • Fruit shakes

MY2020/21 wheat production is forecast at 17.4 million tons, 8 percent lower than USDA due to weather losses, reducing exports to 11.2 million tons.

Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Israeli Hotel Restaurant Institutional (HRI) sector was generally stable. The economy’s growth over the past decade led to an increase in spending on dining out.

2020 Argentine milk production is revised upwards to 11.35 million tons on favorable production conditions.