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Guatemala´s regulation allowing applications to approve biotech seeds for cultivation entered into force on October 1, 2019.

On October 1, 2020 Guatemala and Honduras opened peripheral customs that allow commercial exchange of agricultural biotechnology.

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.

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).

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 18, the Brazilian National Energy Policy Council published a resolution to allow for the use of imported materials – either raw soybeans or soybean oil - in the production of biodiesel.

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

The ATO/Sao Paulo coffee production estimate for MY 2020/21 (July-June) remains unchanged at 67.9 million 60-kg bags.

Colombian coffee production is forecast to remain at 14.1 million bags (1 bag = 60 kilograms) green bean equivalent (GBE) in marketing year 2020/21, due to the highly successful replanting program...

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.

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