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In line with gradual economic recovery due to improving COVID-19 pandemic conditions, Indonesia’s cotton consumption is forecast to increase to 2.5 million bales in 2021/22, up approximately 2 percent from 2.45 million bales in 2020/21.

This report provides updated technical information for requirements and regulations on food and agricultural products as currently required by the Government of Indonesia (GOI).

This report supplements information provided in the 2021 Indonesia FAIRS Country Report and updates the 2020 Indonesian FAIRS Export Certificate Report.

On December 1, 2021, the Indonesian Ministry of Religious Affairs notified draft regulation G/TBT/N/IDN/139 to the WTO TBT Committee. The comment deadline on the measure regarding International Cooperation on Halal Product Assurance is January 29, 2022.

Romania and its 19.3 million consumers offer increasingly viable market opportunities for U.S. food and agriculture. In 2020, Romania imported $10.2 billion of food and agricultural products, of which two percent, or $177.26 million, were sourced from the United States.

As a European Union (EU) member since 2007, Romania observes the EU regulations and directives, which are applied directly or transposed through national-level implementing regulations.

Romania applies European Union (EU) regulations on imports of animal and non-animal products from the United States. The legislation on export certification is generally harmonized at the EU level. Romanian legislation applies to the minor categories on which requirements are not harmonized.

Following the issuance of Government Regulation No. 39/2021, which is an implementing regulation of Law 33/2014 on Halal Product Assurance, the Government of Indonesia (GOI) published five implementing regulations.

Indonesia extended its B30 mandate, which requires biodiesel to contain 30 percent palm oil-based fuel, to 2022. Palm oil exports for 2021/22 are forecast to increase 13 percent and soybean meal imports are estimated higher than previously expected.

Indonesia’s wheat demand is recovering from pandemic-induced lows and imports are rebounding, while the forecast for rice production is up thanks to ample rainfall.

The Government of Indonesia approved regulations for genetically engineered (GE) products, which allows for commercial GE crop cultivation. In July 2021, the Ministry of Agriculture issued a decree approving the release of a GE potato.