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Post forecasts that the South African sugar cane crop will increase by 1 percent to 19.4 million Metric Tons (MT) in the 2020/21 Marketing Year (MY), based on normal weather and growing conditions...

In Marketing Year (MY) 2021, Guatemala is forecast to produce 2.8 million metric tons (MMT) of sugar from a harvested area of 265,000 hectares (Ha).

South Africa has to import rice to meet local demand as rice production is insignificant in the country. As a result, any trade restrictions introduced by exporter countries, due to COVID-19...

South Africa with its well-developed business market, serves at a gate way to Sub-Saharan African markets.

In the 2020/21 MY, Post forecasts that South Africa's oilseed meal imports will drop by 8 percent to 550,000 tons and oilseed oil imports will decline by 5 percent to less than 400,000 tons...

Guatemala is one of the most significant food processing countries in Central America, and U.S. suppliers are well-positioned to export bulk commodities and raw materials for further processing...

On March 23, 2020, the President of South Africa announced that starting from March 26 2020, South Africa would enter into a 21-day lockdown until April 16, 2020.

Currently there are no USDA-endorsed trade shows planned in South Africa in 2020.

On March 15, 2019, Guatemala and Honduras approved a harmonized biotechnology and biosafety regulation for Genetically Engineered (GE) plants, the first in Central America.