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On October 20, 2023, Jordan notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of a new Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) measure on poultry meat imports (G/SPS/N/JOR/44).

The government focus on modernizing and expanding the dairy sector remains a priority. In September 2023, APHIS signed the bilateral export certificate for U.S. bovine semen and embryos, with substantial interest from the Algerian dairy sector. At...

Morocco notified G/SPS/N/MAR/102 on September 29, 2023. The notification concerns Morocco’s draft decree on the quality and safety of marketed sauces.

The notification concerns Morocco’s amending the joint order of the Minister of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development and Water and Forests and the Minister of Health and Social Protection No. 1289-22 of 9 Chaoual 1443 (May 10, 2022) fixing the list of microbiologically highly perishable products, their expiration date, and their storage temperature.

Morocco’s hotel, restaurant, and institutional sector consistently improved its strength in 2023, reflected in the surge of tourist arrivals.

Post maintains its estimate of Algeria’s wheat plated area at just over 2 million hectares for the entire country. For the MY 2024/25, Post projects production for wheat and barley to remain in line with the current MY of 2.7 million MT of wheat and 1.02 million MT of barley.

In response to wheat prices that have surged in recent months and to build stocks, the Government of Morocco introduced a support program for the import of 2.5 million MT of common wheat.

U.S. exports of consumer-oriented food products to Saudi Arabia increased 23 percent over the past year to a record $656 million due to expansions in online shopping platforms.

On August 6, 2023, the Egyptian Organization for Standardization published the Egyptian standard -- ES: 429/2023 General Requirements on Halal Food According to Islamic Shariya.

On August 8, 2023, the Government of Egypt filed a sixth addendum to the World Trade Organization's (WTO’s) Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) -- G/TBT/N/EGY/313/Add.6 -- extending the requirement for halal certification for imported milk and dairy products until December 31, 2023.

In June 2022, Egypt launched a trial phase of the Advanced Clearance Information (ACI) system on airfreight, in which a three-month grace period will be extended prior to enforcement.

The Egyptian Government no longer requires the authentication of Certificates of Origin from the Egyptian Embassy; however, authentication of animal health certificates is still required.