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For MY2014/15, grain crop production in Morocco is expected to decrease.

The Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards report provides an overview of the food laws and regulatory environment in Tunisia as it relates to U.S. food and agricultural exports.

This FAIRS Country Report contains updates of the regulatory requirements and procedures for importing food and agricultural products into Saudi Arabia.

In recent years, India’s exports have demonstrated phenomenal growth – especially to developing countries, which now account for nearly 80 percent of Indian exports.

Beef production is expected down in 2015, as slaughter is lower than the revised 2014 number, reflecting the expectation that the UAE’s cattle donation will not continue into the coming year.

Summarized in this report: Gaza War and its impacts, imports of agricultural and food products into Israel are up and the 2013 Annual Survey of Organic Produce in Israel.

Jordan’s Ministry of Environment introduced a new draft biosafety law that would regulate agricultural biotechnology products.

Algeria’s MY 2014/15 total grain production suffered from water stress due to the spring drought. The preliminary forecast is 3.0 MMT, a 38 percent decrease from last year’s crop of 4.9 MMT.

The Saudi poultry sector has experienced a major production growth in recent years. Broiler meat production is estimated at 640,000 MT in 2014, and expected to further increase 9 percent in 2015.

Summarized in this report: Temporary tariff rate quota for almonds, custom tariff removal on live calves and increased duty free import quota on fresh beef.

Egypt was the first North African country to approve genetically engineered (GE) corn.

The Tunisian legislation on biotechnology, drafted before the revolution, has been indefinitely postponed.