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Saudi Arabia applies Gulf Standardization Organization (GSO) biotech regulations on food and agricultural products. The GSO regulations, issued in 2011, call for biotech labeling if the biotech...

he Saudi Grains Organization (SAGO) will take over will take over the exclusive right to import and manage local distribution of feed barley on October 2, 2016.

Broiler meat production in Saudi Arabia is expected to reach 670,000 MT in 2016, four percent higher than 2015.

The institutional food service sector in Saudi Arabia is expected to have a strong growth in the next five years.

In MY2014/15, U.S. corn exports continued their dominance of the Saudi market, reaching 1.2 million MT and accounting for 41 percent share of the market.

The hotel, restaurant and institutional (HRI) food service sector in Saudi Arabia has been rapidly growing in the past decade.

Infographic exploring the growth of U.S. potato products exports over the last 10 years.

The Saudi food processing sector has been rapidly growing in the past decade, thanks to help from various types of government subsidies to food processing companies, rising per capita income...

Saudi Arabia’s Council of Ministers took a decision on November 9, 2015 to restructure the Grain Silos and Flour Mills Organization (GSFMO) under a new name, the General Organization for Grains (GOG).

This FAIRS Certificates Report lists major export certificates required by Saudi Arabia’s regulatory and import control agencies for the importation of food and agricultural products into the Kingdom.

In 2015, Saudi Arabia’s regulatory authorities continued to strictly enforce their food import regulations and standards which have affected the flow of some U.S. food exports to the Kingdom.

U.S. food and agricultural product exports to Saudi Arabia in 2014 reached a record-high level of $1.37 billion, an increase of 16 percent over exports in the previous year.