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This report on sanitary, veterinary, phytosanitary, ecological controls and compulsory conformity certification matches the applied controls to specific commodity HS Codes.
On February 25, 2015, upon publication of the Resolution № 119-p, Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers imposed an additional 5-10 percent duties on imports with exceptional of few critical items.
Under the May 2012 United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA), certain commodities are imported into Colombia under TRQs.
The Secretariat of Agriculture and Livestock (SAG) has the National Plant and Animal Health Service (SENASA) as the main regulatory agency responsible for the inspection of all agricultural products.
The Costa Rican Ministry of Agriculture (MAG) plans to gradually increase the number of pesticides tested for at their laboratory.
2015/16 Paraguayan soybean area is forecast at 3.6 million hectares, a nine percent increase in soybean area compared with 2014/15 estimates, based on expanded area for second crop soybeans.
Ecuador’s cocoa bean production is estimated to reach 255,000 metric tons (MT) in calendar year (CY) 2015 (up over six percent compared to 2014) and forecast to reach 300,000 MT in 2016.
On February 7, 2015, Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa announced during his weekly televised address that his government will provide export incentives to Ecuadorian agricultural product exporters.
Despite political and economic turmoil, Ukraine was able to increase poultry production and exports in 2014. In 2015, production growth will continue slowing down.
Despite Peru’s slower economic growth forecast for 2015, the country still offers excellent opportunities for exporters of U.S. food and agricultural products.
During November 2014, FAS Lima facilitated for a major Peruvian lumber importer the release of ten container loads of U.S.-origin southern yellow pine.
The Peruvian Agricultural Innovation Institute has confirmed finding adventitious presence of genetically-modified (GM) corn in one corn field in northern Peru.