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

The President of the Republic of Ghana signed the Ghana Biosafety Act, 2011 (Act 831) December 2011 following the passage of the Biosafety Bill by the Ghanaian Parliament, in June 21, 2011.

In September 2014 Poland’s parliament is expected to re-start work on a comprehensive legislation on biotechnology.

Little has happened in Kazakhstan over the last year with regard to of genetically engineered (GE) products.

There are no significant developments to report since the 2013 report.

The Indonesian National Biosafety Commission for Genetically Engineered Products (BCGEP) was reactivated on June 2, 2014 through the Presidential Regulation No. 53/2014.

The biotechnology regulatory system in Ukraine is still not fully developed, in part due to the focus on major political and economic issues in 2014.

President Humala on December 9, 2011, approved Law 29,811 establishing a ten-year moratorium on genetically modified organisms.

There are no significant biotechnology activities reported in Saudi Arabia in 2013/14.

In CY2013, Taiwan was the seventh largest export market for U.S. food and agricultural products, of which genetically engineered (GE) corn, soybeans, and cotton accounted for 29 percent of the total.

There have been no official changes to the heavily regulated and cautious policy settings operated by the New Zealand Government in relation to products derived from biotechnology.

The U.S. regained its status as the top supplier of feed grains to Korea in 2014.