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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.

Report Highlights: China’s Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional (HRI) sectors recorded $687 billion in sales revenue in 2019, a 9 percent increase from the previous year.

In June 2020, China’s central government announced its economic masterplan to develop the south China island of Hainan into a Free Trade Port (FTP).

China’s pet food market is experiencing phenomenal growth that is expected to continue into the future.

China’s MY2020/21 fresh potato production is forecast at 99 million metric tons (MMT), a 3 percent increase over MY2019/20 primarily due to expanded acreage.

China’s retail sector continues to grow to new highs as the number of middle-class consumers keeps growing.

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.

The forecast for China’s corn imports for Marketing Year (MY) 2020/2021 is increased from 7 million metric tons (MMT) to 22 MMT.

Thailand’s sugar syrup exports to China increased more than twelvefold by volume in the first eight months of 2020 when compared to the same period in 2019.

Virtual business engagements have taken on new importance in 2020.