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Tunisia’s biosafety framework was drafted in 2014 and is being reviewed by its government with the expectation that it will be enacted by mid-2020.

The Israeli Hotel Restaurant Institutional (HRI) sector is generally stable with the economy’s growth over the past decade leading to an increase in spending on dining out.

U.S. exports of consumer-oriented agricultural products to Morocco in 2018 totaled $60 million, a 58 percent increase from 2017.

The Government of Morocco has released its final wheat and barley production numbers for the 2018 crop, including 4.91 MMT of common wheat, 2.43 MMT of durum wheat and 2.91 MMT of barley.

Algeria’s MY2019/20 cereal harvest was good particularly for barley and exceeded 6 million MT.

Egypt wheat production is still forecast at 8.77 MMT in MY 2019/20, up from 8.45 MMT in MY 2018/19 due to expansion of total area harvested.

The National Food Safety Authority (NFSA) has developed special foods regulatory requirements for specialty foods as part of a renewed and modernized Egyptian regulatory framework.

The Kingdom’s chicken meat production in 2019 is forecast at 730,000 MT, and is projected to increase to 750,000 MT in 2020.

The Egyptian government is increasing the national herd while also increasing live cattle imports.

The Egyptian Parliament established the new National Food Safety Authority (NFSA) in January 2017.

On August 19, 2019, Morocco’s State Cereals Office (ONICL) issued a tender for U.S. common and durum wheat.

The market share of craft beers is expanding as the sector sees growth and market penetration across Israel creating export opportunities for U.S. craft beer and U.S. beer ingredients.