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This report outlines the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan’s regulatory requirements for food and agricultural product imports.

There are no significant developments to convey since the previous report done in January, 2017.

There is no genetically-engineered (GE) crop production in Jordan. The country continues to allow the import of GE products that are approved for use in the country-of-origin....

On November 6, 2017, the Plant Protection Division updated its list of U.S. commodities that are allowed to be imported into Myanmar.

FAS Amman (Post) forecasts Jordan’s wheat imports in MY 2017/18 to reach 1.1 million metric tons (MT).

FAS Amman in cooperation with the U.S. Grains Council and the Amman Chamber of Commerce organized on September 19-20, 2017, in Jordan a first of its kind grains standards workshop.

Jordan’s Ministry of Industry and Trade lowered by three percent the sale price of subsidized flour to bakeries in July.

On August 29, 2017, Minister of Water and Irrigation Dr. Hazim El-Naser and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Eng. Imad Fakhoury, in cooperation with the Ministry of Industry....

Burma: Rice and corn production is forecast to increase in MY 2017/18 due to increased utilization of farm mechanization and higher yielding seeds.

In MY2017/18 wheat imports are forecast to reach 1.3 MMT. Barley consumption is expected to decrease by eight percent to 845 TMT, as ranchers reduce their herds due to a slowdown in demand....

On January 1, 2017, the Myanmar government imposed a new pest risk analysis (PRA) requirement for imported plant commodities.

This report contains changes in Section VIII: Slaughterhouse registration; Dairy products—ban on partially hydrogenated oils in processed dairy products; Preserved food—ban of tartrazine....