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Consistently ranking as the top Southeast Asia destination for U.S. consumer-oriented agricultural products, the Philippines presents a resilient market for U.S. food and beverage products, supported by a young workforce with high disposable income, a growing middle-income consumer base, and remittances from overseas workers.

FAS Manila maintains its overall forecast for milled rice and wheat in Marketing Year (MY) 2025/26, while increasing its forecast for corn production, area harvested, and consumption.

Post forecasts a 10 percent growth in fuel ethanol imports to 450 million liters in 2025, prompted by gasoline pool increases and uptake of voluntary E20 (20 percent ethanol blended to gasoline).

On June 10, 2025, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) announced the revised definitions and conversion rates for carcass and offal of selected livestock and poultry animals.

On June 10, 2025, the Philippine Health Secretary temporarily suspended the implementation of new fees and charges for services under the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) jurisdiction due to concerns from various sectors.

The 2024 U.S. Agricultural Export Yearbook provides a statistical summary of U.S. agricultural commodity exports to the world during the 2024 calendar year.

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

This report details the Philippine government’s certification requirements for food and agricultural products exported from the United States.

This report outlines the Philippine Government’s policies regulating the importation of food and agricultural products.

This report describes the major export certificates required by the Government of Haiti for imports of food and agricultural products.

Wheat consumption in marketing year (MY) 2025/2026 (July 2025/June 2026) in Haiti is forecast at 435,000 metric tons (MT), 1 percent higher compared to the previous period last year due to expected population growth.

FAS Manila forecasts marketing year (MY) 2026 raw sugar production to remain flat at 1.85 million metric tons (MT). Ample rainfall during the planting season which started in October supported sugarcane planting among farms with no irrigation.