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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).

Grain traders are wary of supplying wheat and barley to the government of Jordan, due to the rejection of shipment of 100,000 MT of Polish by Jordan’s Food and Drug Administration.

MY 2015/16 wheat imports are forecast at 11.5 million metric tons (MMT) in line with USDA’s official estimate.

News on developments in agriculture and food in Egypt.

This report provides clarification of the certification requirements for U.S. dairy and dairy product exports to Morocco.

Egypt’s government has backtracked on the policy of eliminating cotton subsidies to the sector and has allocated cash subsidies valued at LE 261.7 million to buy the MY2015/16 cotton crop.

The Government of Algeria (GOA) continues to push development in the dairy sector to reduce reliance on imports.

This report provides an update of the list of certificates required to export U.S. food and agricultural products to Morocco.

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.

Thirteen representatives of major food importing companies based in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates attended the Summer Fancy Food Show in New York this year.

In the last few years, Morocco’s food distribution system has seen significant changes with the expansion of retail food outlets and the opening of new supermarket stores.