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In Spain, wine is an important part of the economy, society, landscape, culture and gastronomy. Spain boasts the world’s largest vine area and is the third largest wine producer in the European Union (EU), after France and Italy.

U.S. exporters can find ample opportunities in the Iberian Peninsula. Spain is the third-largest European Union (EU) destination for U.S. agricultural products, with Portugal ranking 11th. In 2021, the United States exported $1.6 billion of agricultural products to Spain, or 15 percent of total U.S. agricultural exports to the EU. The United States held a 4 percent market share of Spain’s agricultural imports and 2 percent market share in Portugal, behind other EU member states as a group and Brazil.

During the first quarter of 2020, Spanish data shows a significant drop in wine sales to the domestic and international markets.

U.S. exports of consumer-oriented agricultural products to Morocco in 2018 totaled $60 million, a 58 percent increase from 2017.

In 2018, the United States and Morocco negotiated terms for U.S. poultry and beef market access, which should be a new opportunity for U.S. exporters.

In 2018, the United States and Morocco negotiated terms for U.S. poultry and beef market access, which could be an opportunity for U.S. exporters to target the food-processing sector.

The European Commission has published in the EU Official Journal updated legislation amending the EU Regulation on Spirits.

Morocco, a U.S. Free Trade Agreement partner, is a price-sensitive market that, to date, has not showcased a significant volume of U.S. food and beverages in the retail sector.

In Fiscal Year (FY) 2017, Spain imported $1.7 billion worth of agricultural, fish and forest products from the United States.

Morocco, a U.S. Free Trade Agreement partner, is a price-sensitive market that to-date has not yielded significant quantities for U.S. food and beverages in the retail sector.

This report contains an unofficial translation of Morocco’s maximum limits of contaminants in food, as established in 2016, with some limits set to come into force in 2020.

On March 12, 2018, the EU alcoholic beverages industry presented a “joint’ self-regulatory proposal on nutrition labeling and ingredients listing to the European Commission.