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Five years of economic contraction, hyperinflation, and limited investment have negatively impacted Venezuelan poultry production.

Based on retailer reports and market observations, Post anticipates a steady rise in the demand for natural, organic, healthy and "free-from" products in the Gulf region.

The Czech Republic is a prosperous, industrialized, and export-driven economy which serves as an entry point for companies expanding to the developing markets in central and eastern Europe.

On August 30, 2019, China published a revised national standard for organic products.

On June 1, 2020, Japan will begin enforcing new sanitary certificate requirements on imports of oysters for raw consumption.

In Austria, consumer-oriented food and beverage products remain are the most important agricultural import category from the United States.

Hong Kong remains the 5th largest export market for U.S. consumer-oriented agricultural products, by value; importing more than mainland China and Taiwan.

In marketing year 2019/20, potato farmers in China are expected to reap a bumper harvest, with fresh potato production increasing by 5 percent year on year.

On September 6, 2019, China issued a National Food Safety Standard on Maximum Residue Limits for Veterinary Drugs in Foods (GB 31650-2019), which will take effect on April 1, 2020.

Philippine ethanol production in 2019 is expected to increase to 320 million liters (ML) from 296 ML the previous year due to increased capacity utilization amidst declining sugarcane production....

Vietnam's modern retail sector saw significant disruption in 2019 when two leading modern retailers, Auchan and Shop&Go, terminated their operations in Vietnam and were sold to two local companies....

FAS/The Hague visited the Nordic Organic Food Fair in Malmö, Sweden on November 14, 2019. This is a regional (Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark) trade show focusing on organics and vegan products.