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Morocco, a U.S. Free Trade Agreement partner, has been an occasionally good yet price-sensitive market for U.S. food processing ingredients.

Morocco, a U.S. Free Trade Agreement partner, is primarily a bulk commodity market for U.S. wheat, corn, and soybean products, and exports of consumer-oriented goods have been declining....

With over 1,800 facilities, the Israeli food processing sector is an important player in the domestic economy.

Tunisia remains primarily a bulk commodity market for U.S. corn and soybean products.

The Israeli Hotel Restaurant Institutional (HRI) sector is stable. Sales in hotels and resorts are growing, in spite of the dip in tourism starting in 2015.

There are some 2.49 million households in Israel, averaging 3.3 persons. The annual average household food expenditure (including fresh fruits and vegetables) in 2016 reached $8,429.

With an estimated 5,200 companies, Egyptian food processors and manufacturers reportedly generated an estimated turnover of $22.5 billion in calendar year 2017....

On December 12, 2017, Egypt’s Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation issued Decree No.1761/ 2017.

Morocco, a U.S. Free Trade Agreement partner, has been a small and declining market for U.S. food and beverages in the retail sector.

Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (GCC-4), covered by Office of Agricultural Affairs in Dubai, permit the importation of genetically engineered (GE) food products of plant origin.

There is no agricultural genetically engineered product development for commercialization purposes in Algeria. The Ministry of Agriculture’s decree of December 24, 2000....

In MY 2017/18, Morocco’s citrus exports will be negatively impacted by a poor harvest brought about by high temperatures in July-August, which largely limited mandarin/tangerine production....