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Salvadoran restaurants and hotels continue to benefit from growth in the tourism sector, especially the business/convention and emerging surf sectors.

During 2019, the Salvadoran retail sector, valued at approximately $4.5 billion, continues to show positive signs of growth as supermarkets and discount stores have expanded operations.

Indonesia’s new Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo has stated a goal of exporting 100,000 – 500,000 tons of “premium” rice in 2020.

The effects of African Swine Fever (ASF) on feed demand may not be as severe as initially forecast, as the Philippine government's measures on the movement of hogs, pork products....

Indonesian imports of U.S. wheat reached a record high 1.73 million tons in 2018/19.

MY2019/20 rice production is revised down further due to ineffective control of the outbreaks of blast disease on the main rice crop and limited water supplies for off-season rice plantings.

Jordan is dependent on grain imports, disruptions to trade will jeopardize food security and stability.

For Marketing Year (MY) 2019/20, FAS/Seoul has increased the projection for corn imports to 10.8 MMT.

Mexico is the second-largest export market of agricultural products from the United States. Over the last decade, U.S. agricultural exports to Mexico grew 48 percent to $19.1 billion.

After surging in MY2018/19, Philippine grain imports (wheat, corn and rice) will decline in MY2019/20 as the country returns to more normal weather conditions following last year’s El Niño....

On August 23, 2019, the People’s Republic of China’s Ministry of Finance (MOF), State Council Tariff Commission (SCTC) announced new tariffs on certain U.S. products, valued at $75 billion USD.

Rice consumption continues to decline due to a shrinking population and reductions in per capita consumption.