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The Guatemalan economy relies on foreign exchange generated by international trade, remittances, and the tourism sector. Guatemala represents a growing market for U.S. companies and is a country with relative economic stability.

Public rejection of genetically engineered (GE) plants in Germany is widespread. There is no commercial GE crop production and practically no foods labeled as containing “genetically modified organisms” (“GMO”) on the market.

On January 29, 2021, the Court of Constitution dismissed an opposition lawsuit filed back in 2020 against the biosafety technical regulation approved on October 1, 2019 by the Ministry of Economy as part of the regulatory harmonization process with Honduras.

The HRI report provides the U.S. agricultural exporters current market trends and information on the best product prospects for the Guatemalan market.

With more than 83 million of the world’s wealthiest consumers, Germany is the largest market for food and agricultural products in the European Union.

This report contains the list of all the mandatory export certificates required by the Government of Guatemala for U.S. agricultural exports. This report has no changes from its 2020 prior version.

Guatemala has adopted the new Central American Technical Regulation RTCA 67.04.77:20, which establishes specifications for butter. Guatemala has issued Technical Norm 002-2021, to be notified to the WTO for comments, to govern the registration and surveillance of food supplements.

Germany is the third-largest importer of fresh cherries in the world after China/Hong Kong and Russia. The largest non-EU cherry suppliers are Turkey for sweet cherries and Serbia for sour cherries. Opportunities for fresh U.S. sweet cherries are...

Germany is by far the biggest market for food and beverages in the European Union. The food retail sector is saturated, highly consolidated, and competitive.

The COVID-19 pandemic affected the retail industry in Guatemala. Although supermarkets remained open during the crisis, the sanitary measures dictated by the government greatly impacted supermarket sales. Walmart Mexico and Central America is the...

Guatemala coffee planted area in MY2021/2022 is forecast to remain steady at 305,000 Ha, but harvested area will increase 2 percent as planted trees mature.

The German edible insect industry welcomes the first edible insect to be approved for food use in the European Union as a big step towards a more transparent legal environment and marketing opportunities.