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On October 22 the Bank of Algeria issued a new instruction to Algerian banks regarding the treatment of international commerce.

The Ministry of Agriculture foresees total grain production totaling 3.5 MMT, of which Post estimates will be split 2.5 MMT for wheat and one MMT for barley....

Algeria’s 2017 Finance Law increases value added tax for many products and will decrease imports of barley, corn, soybean meal, rice, oat, sorghum and DDGs.

Opportunities exist for U.S. agricultural products especially bulk commodities. Algeria has implemented measures to support intensive production, particularly in cereals and dairy.

The Ministry of Agriculture’s decree of December 24, 2000 prohibits all imports, production, distribution, and commercialization as well as utilization of genetically engineered (GE) plant...

About 40 U.S. business representatives participated in a Direct Line webinar on agribusiness and agricultural sector opportunities in Algeria hosted by the U.S. Embassy in Algiers, Algeria.

The American International Agricultural Group and the Groupe Lacheb signed a joint venture (JV) agreement on November 8, 2015, to create the U.S.-Algeria JV, El Ferma.

Algeria is an unknown place of possibilities for sales of agricultural commodities. There is immense potential for agricultural production.

The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) recently announced that it supports the creation of new dairy cattle farms and importing 90,000 dairy cattle in the near future.

In late October the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) reported that total cereal production for MY2014/2015 is estimated at 3.4 MMT but continues to be silent about bread wheat and durum productions.

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.