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In 2024, Ghana’s imports of U.S.-origin food and agricultural products grew to $147 million, up 27 percent compared to $107 million registered in 2023. Consumer-oriented food products imports are the country’s the fastest growing food sector/category.

FAS Accra, Abidjan (Post) and the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) welcomed 51 African buying companies from 12 African countries and 13 USMEF members to Accra, Ghana.

This FAIRS-Ghana Export Certificate Report Annual - 2025, highlights the certificates and permits that the Ghanaian government requires for the import of U.S.-origin food and agricultural into Ghana.

This FAIRS-Ghana Country Report Annual - 2025 outlines the Ghanaian government's requirements for imports of food and agricultural products destined for human and animal consumption.

Georgia is an upper middle income country with great potential for U.S. exporters seeking to both establish themselves in the Caucasus region, as well as position their products for entry into Central Asia by utilizing the Trans-Caspian Trade Corridor.

FAS Accra (Post) successfully facilitated the transit of a small herd of high-value, reproductive Texas-bred V8 Brahman cattle. The cattle round-up started out in Texas making its way via Chicago to Doha with landfall in Coastal West Africa's Accra (Ghana). Post's expeditious intervention expedited Ghanaian (ECOWAS) import permits and sanitary clearances, as well as transit authorizations.

Ghana’s 2024 imports of foreign wine at $35.2 million are up nearly 3.5 percent from last year; heralding the Ghanaian economy's and its import market's recovery from the financial meltdown of 2022.

The FAS Accra, Abidjan (Post) Gulfood Dubai-2025 buyers delegation is generating some $16 million in potential new sales for the Coastal West Africa Region. Post led its largest buyers delegation to date from the Coastal West Africa region – 12 from Ghana, 10 from Côte d’Ivoire, and two from Togo.

Uruguay’s corn production is forecast to reach a record 1.8 million tons, as favorable margins and low pest impact encourage a return to planting. Wheat exports are projected down to 750,000 tons due to reduced area and competition from more...

Uruguayan soybean production in marketing year (MY) 2025/26 is forecast at 3.1 million metric tons (MMT), slightly below the previous year’s record harvest due to a modest reduction in planted area as farmers shift some acreage back to corn.

FAS Accra (Post) forecasts Ghana’s MY 2025/2026 (July-June) wheat imports at 1.0 million metric tons (MMT), up five percent from the MY 2024/2025 estimate of 950,000 MT.

Ghana’s imports of food processing ingredients surpassed $1.24 billion in 2024, up 44 percent from $857 million in 2023.