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Crop conditions look normal overall, which indicate optimistic forecasts for Algeria’s MY2020/21 grain crop.

U.S. exports of consumer-oriented food products to Saudi Arabia increased by approximately 11 percent in 2019 - to a record high of $588 million.

Saudi barley import tenders for July-September 2020 are 12 percent less than the quantity of barley imported over the same period last year (1.68 million MT vs. 1.91 million MT).

On July 5, 2020 the UAE announced Dr. Abdullah Mohammad Bel Haif Al Nuaimi as the new UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment.

Hong Kong does not have any certification changes for food imports since the last report submitted in February 2020.

This report provides guidelines on Hong Kong’s food import regulations. It remains the same as the 2019 FAIRS report.

In view of the recent surge of local COVID-19 cases, the Hong Kong government re-introduced a series of measures to combat the disease outbreak in the city; and for the first time...

Egypt imported some $2.9 billion worth of consumer-oriented products in 2019. This is a 16 percent increase of the 2018 imports value of $2.5 billion.

In view of the emergence of a third wave of COVID-19 in the city, the Hong Kong government has reintroduced social distancing measures.

On June 3, 2020, Egypt's Ministry of Trade and Industry issued a decree to temporarily ban sugar imports, including refined and raw sugar.

Saudi Arabia privatized two of its four flour milling companies for 740.5 million USD on July 8, 2020. The remaining two are expected to be sold in the next few weeks.

Since fiscal year (FY) 2012, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan’s Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation...