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On April 28, mass protests erupted across Colombia in response to President Duque's tax reform bill.

In marketing year (MY) 2021/22, the Colombian coffee production forecast is 14.1 million bags (1 bag = 60 kilograms) green bean equivalent (GBE), assuming excessive rains during the first quarter of the year will marginally impact the October/November harvest.

In marketing year (MY) 2021/22, Colombian raw sugar production is forecast to recover to 2.4 million metric tons (MT), after an expected decline in MY 2020/21 due to excessive rains from La Niña weather phenomena.

Thanks to FAS Bogota’s engagement with Colombian port authorities and coordination with USDA agencies, Colombia’s local food safety authority released a $80,000 Shipment of U.S. dried egg, which had been detained due to labeling concerns.

On March 31, 2021, the Government of Colombia (GOC) issued a joint resolution to decrease the ethanol blend mandate from 10 percent (E10) to 4 percent (E4) starting on April 1, 2021.

The 2020 U.S. Agricultural Export Yearbook provides a statistical summary of U.S. agricultural commodity exports to the world. This summary lists only the United States’ primary trading partners.

Colombia remains a net importer of many agricultural products and cannot domestically source the necessary raw materials and ingredients to meet the growing demand of the food and beverage...

Colombia remains a net importer of many agricultural products and cannot domestically source the necessary raw materials and ingredients to meet the growing demand of the food and beverage processing industry.

The COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted household incomes in Colombia, and as a result, affected food consumption patterns.

American exporters face new market conditions in Colombia, as well as new opportunities, as the country emerges from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

On November 9, 2020, Colombia’s Ministry of Health and Social Protection (MINHEALTH) issued Resolution 2013, a regulation that sets mandatory maximum sodium content limits for 59 processed food...

Colombia remains open to the adoption of biotech-derived commodities and innovative technologies.