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The implementation of the CAFTA-DR agreement and favorable market conditions have resulted in more franchises and supermarkets.

Production of lemons in MY 2015/2016 is forecast to rebound to normal levels as a result of favorable weather conditions and the full recuperation of plants that had been previously affected by frosts

Panama imports 60 percent of its overall imported food products from the United States.

The National Plant and Animal Health Service of the Secretariat of Agriculture and Livestock has requested that the expiration date, lot number, and production date appear on the shipping carton(s).

Peru’s grape exports have sky-rocketed in the past decade, from practically non-existent in CY 2000 to an estimated 280,000 MT in CY 2015.

The cherry exporters committee of ASOEX (Chile’s fruit exporters association) is expecting a 27.7% decrease on export volume for MY2015/2016.

Post reduced its 2015/16 production forecast to 98 million metric tons (mmt). Dry and hot weather in central and northeast Brazil is having an impact in the progress of the crop.

Low domestic butter supplies have forced the Canadian Dairy Commission to request supplemental import permits for the first time in at least 10 years to meet Canadian domestic demand.

Opportunities exist to expand U.S. food product sales to Canada's food and beverage processing sector.

According to the Bank of Guatemala (BANGUAT), the food processing industry in Guatemala for year 2015, will grow 3.5 percent and will contribute 0.67 percent to the total GDP.

Peru’s food processing industry is a dynamic sector of the national economy.

U.S. consumer oriented food products exports to El Salvador increased 13.7 percent during the 2013/2014 period, reaching a record $149 million in 2014.