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The COVID-19 pandemic boosted organic food sales in the EU, enabling it to overtake the U.S. market in 2021. However, spiraling inflation combined with high food and energy prices will likely reduce organic food sales in most EU markets in 2022.

On December 6, 2022, the Council of the European Union and European Parliament concluded negotiations on the EU’s Deforestation-Free Supply Chain Regulation.

The European Commission launched a public consultation on the EU’s possible actions to reduce the impact of products placed on the EU market with regards to deforestation and forest degradation.

The European Commission launched a public consultation on the EU’s future action plan for the development of EU organic production.

The European Union’s countervailing duties against U.S. biodiesel were set to expire on September 16, 2020.

In 2019, U.S. shipments of tree nuts to the EU-28 (EU-27+UK) reached $3.1 billion. The United States continues to be the largest supplier of tree nuts to Europe.

The European Union follows a complex, rolling system of review for use of active ingredients and Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) in food.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) put pressure on European Union (EU) slaughter rates and domestic beef consumption, and motivated farmers to hold on to their cattle.

The EU-27 chicken sector is expected to contract moderately in 2020 before rebounding in 2021.

The European Commission (EC) eliminated EU import duties for corn, sorghum and rye on August 27, 2020, only four months after re-introducing duties for the first time since March 2018.

In MY 2020/21, EU production of peaches and nectarines may decline 15 percent to 3.4 million MT.

EU oilseeds production in MY 2020/21 is characterized by the lowest rapeseed production in more than a decade.