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This report is an overview of the general legal and technical requirements for food and agricultural imports imposed by Kazakhstan.

This report highlights export certification requirements for Kazakhstan.

According to government information releases and FAS-Astana contacts, spring grain planting was completed in early June and planting conditions were generally favorable, leading FAS-Astana to estimate no significant change to wheat and barley planted area in MY2023/2024.

On July 10, 2023, the Federal Commission for Protection Against Sanitary Risks (COFEPRIS) published in the Official Gazette a collection of comments/concerns/suggestions received for the proposed Official Mexican Standard NOM-187-SSA1/SE-2021, originally published on February 15, 2022.

On July 3, 2023, the Mexican Secretariat of Health proposed changes to the existing NOM-187 published in 2003.

Mexico, with its growing population, market-oriented agricultural and food sectors, and 2,000-mile land border with the United States, is the second-largest export market for U.S. agricultural products.