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Two key free trade agreements – the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (or CAFTA-DR) and the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement – have stimulated U.S. agricultural exports...

Vietnam, Thailand, and Burma (Myanmar) are part of the fastest developing region in the world and account for roughly 221 million of Southeast Asia’s population.

The Department of Agriculture made changes to the process for registering new plant varieties.

The Ministry of Commerce (MOC) in Burma (Myanmar) announced Notification 25/2018, which allows foreign owned companies to enter the wholesale and retail sector if they meet minimum investment....

Myanmar launched the Myanmar Companies Law (2017) and an Online Registration system on August 1, 2018.

As part of Burma's ongoing market liberalization, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) published a notification allowing 100 percent foreign-owned businesses that meet certain criteria....

Line graph showing the total U.S. agricultural exports to the northern triangle region of the Central America. Total exports in 2016 equaled $2.2 billion.

Central America’s Northern Triangle – which includes El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras – offers significant market opportunities for exporters of U.S. farm and food products.

On November 6, 2017, the Plant Protection Division updated its list of U.S. commodities that are allowed to be imported into Myanmar.

On January 1, 2017, the Myanmar government imposed a new pest risk analysis (PRA) requirement for imported plant commodities.

The implementation of the CAFTA-DR agreement and favorable market conditions have resulted in more franchises and supermarkets.

Since the United States entered into the CAFTA-DR trade agreement, U.S. agricultural exports to the six CAFTA-DR countries have more than doubled.