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Costa Rica’s orange production reached 295,000 MT in MY2018/2019 and is forecast to increase to 310,000 MT in MY2019/2020.

Costa Rica’s economy growth rate slowed in 2018 to 2.7 percent compared with an average rate of growth of 3.8 percent over the ten previous years.

Vietnam, Thailand, and Burma (Myanmar) are part of the fastest developing region in the world and account for roughly 221 million of Southeast Asia’s population.

Costa Rica’s strong tourism sector and its well-developed hotel, restaurant, and institutional (HRI) sectors provide for excellent opportunities for U.S. food and beverage (F&B) product exports....

In July 2019, FAS sent five Myanmar private feed millers and importers to the United States on a Cochran Fellowship Program to learn more about feed and feed ingredients available....

Competition continues to drive retailers in Costa Rica to look for new ways to add value to their brands and attract more consumers in 2019.

The report lists the major export certificates required for food, feed and agricultural product imports to Myanmar.

FAS Rangoon successfully intervened to ensure the smooth arrival of the first bulk shipment of an agricultural commodity to Burma.

Costa Rica’s MY 2018/2019 coffee crop reached 1,298,000 60 kilogram (kg) bags, the lowest level in 40 years.

This report outlines Costa Rica’s requirements for food and agricultural product imports.

Costa Rica’s sugar cane production is forecast to increase 2.54 percent in MY 2018/2019.

Production of rice and corn in Burma is forecast to increase in MY 2019/20 due to expansion of planting areas.