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The marketing year (MY) 2017/18 corn production estimate has been revised upward to 26.8 MMT, with harvested area estimated at 7.23 million hectares, reflecting official information....

The Secretariat of Economy (SE) published in the Diario Oficial (Federal Register) on December 27, 2017, an announcement containing the maximum quota allotment of sugar to be exported....

The U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement entered into force on October 31, 2012, and established simplified requirements for the importation of U.S. food and feed products.

The U.S-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) entered into force on October 31, 2012. As outlined in the TPA, Panama issued special regulations that apply to imports of food and feed products....

On December 26, 2017, the Secretariat of Economy (SE) published in Mexico’s Federal Register (“Diario Oficial” – DOF) three announcements modifying tariff rate quotas (TRQs) for five products.

On January 16, 2018, the Secretariat of Health published the Official Norm, NOM-159-SSA1-2016, in Mexico’s Federal Register.

The food service industry in Mexico includes the hotel, restaurant and institutional (HRI) sectors. Mexico’s HRI foodservice sector has faced several challenges in 2016 due to an unstable economy....

The value of Panama’s food processing ingredients market is estimated at $110 million per year with U.S. products holding 60 percent of the market share.

Negative public perceptions regarding biotechnology have influenced political will. The Mexican Supreme Court and the National Commission on Human Rights established that indigenous groups...

This report provides the latest information on export certificates issued by US government agencies, to comply with Mexican import standards and regulations or to attest that the corresponding...

The Secretariat of Economy (SE) recently published a notification in Mexico’s Federal Register (Diario Oficial) informing interested parties that the compensatory duties applied to several products...

Mexican Hass avocado production is forecast to be 1.8 million metric tons (MMT) in marketing year (MY) 2016/2017. Michoacán is the world leader in avocado production and accounts for 80 percent of...