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Colombia remains open to the adoption of biotech-derived commodities and innovative technologies.

There are no significant developments to convey since the previous report from November 2018.

The estimated area planted to Genetically Engineered (GE) crops in Canada was down 7 percent in 2019, due primarily to lower soybean and canola area in the prairie provinces.

Many Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States have undertaken efforts to comply with their obligations under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) to the Convention on Biological Diversity....

On December 24, 2018, Korea issued an updated list of adjustment tariffs and voluntary tariff rate quotas (TRQs) for certain agricultural, forestry and fishery products....

Indian MY 2019/20 cotton arrivals have picked up pace, but ex-gin prices continue to remain below the minimum support price.

Pakistan is a growing consumer market as new hotels, restaurants, and retail food sectors continue to open. Rapid urbanization and a young population are combining to shift traditional consumption....

Marketing year (MY) 2019/2020 cotton production is forecasted to increase to 142,000 bales (30,916 tons), a 3 percent increase over MY 2018/2019.

Post estimates marketing year (MY) 2019/20 cotton production at 29.3 million 480 lb. bales (37.5 million 170-kilogram bales/6.4 MMT) with a planting area of 13 million hectares.

Based on current market arrivals, Pakistan’s Marketing Year (MY) 2019/20 cotton production is estimated at 6.2 million 480 lb bales, down 22 percent from the previous estimate...

Post estimates Vietnam’s cotton imports for marketing year (MY) 2018/2019 down to 1.51 million metric tons (MMT), or 6.9 million bales, due to lower demand for cotton yarns from major importers....

Post forecasts Brazil's 2019/20 marketing year (MY) cotton area to reach 1.65 million hectares (ha), an increase of about 2 percent on the current season's estimated area of 1.62 million ha.