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On August 19, 2015 a Mexican federal judge from the XII District Court overturned a 2013 ruling that had prevented biotechnology companies, universities, or public research institutes from planting...

Ecuador’s tuna fishery in 2015 is staring at lower prices. Prices are suffering due to oversupply, reportedly driven by overfishing, at a time of weakening demand for tuna and tuna products...

FAS Quito estimates that Ecuador’s calendar year (CY) 2015 shrimp production to reach 350,000 metric tons (MT), up 10,000 MT or an increase of three percent compared to 2014.

SAGARPA published in the Diario Oficial (Federal Register), on August 11, 2015 an announcement containing a modification to an official standard NOM-032-FITO-1995...

Mexico continues to send mixed signals regarding its stance toward acceptance of biotechnology.

The United States is the world’s top exporter of processed potato products. Over the past decade those exports have grown 127 percent, reaching a record $1.5 billion in 2014...

Ecuador maintains anti-biotechnology laws and regulations.

On May 13, 2015, Ecuador President Rafael Correa signed Executive Decree 675. The decree doubles to ten percent the ethanol blend rate in Ecuadorian regular grade (87-octane) gasoline.

The Secretariat of Economy (SE) published in the Diario Oficial (Federal Register), on July 31, 2015 an announcement containing the maximum quota allotment of sugar to be exported to the United States