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The legal and regulatory situation to allow the planting of genetically engineered (GE) crops in Ecuador remains the same as 2023. Commercial cultivation of GE crops is not permitted, however cultivation for research is allowed and an exception exists for GE products without recombinant or foreign DNA in the genome.

Ecuador’s sugar production in marketing year (MY) 2014/15 is estimated at 625,000 metric tons (MT), unchanged from 2013/14 levels.