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Late spring and early summer precipitation marginally improved Romanian winter grains development, but provided spring crops a good start.

The number of active African swine fever (ASF) cases is trending downward in Romania. At the end of June 2020, the number of active cases was 243 versus, down from 609 active cases in January 2020.

Guatemala is close to being self-sufficient in white corn production, and harvested area continues growing. Guatemala is a net rice importer, and harvested area is shrinking.

This is an update of the 2019 report. In 2019, U.S. consumer-oriented products exported to Guatemala reached a record $567 million.

Guatemala’s GDP growth is expected to slow as a result of COVID-19. The agricultural sector’s participation in the national GDP is expected to drop from 13.5 to 9.7%.

On May 26, 2020, the Ministry of Agriculture of Guatemala eliminated the registration requirement for animal feed minerals that contain only one type of biomolecule ingredient.

Post forecasts that year-on-year Romanian oilseed production will decline by 10.7 percent in marketing year (MY) 2020/21, mainly due to a decline in the sunflower area.

Romania’s grain production is forecast down by 2.6 percent in marketing year (MY) 2020/21 from MY 2019/20.

For Marketing Year 2020 (October 2019-September 2020), planted area continues to be 305,000 hectares and production is estimated to be 3.67 million 60-kilogram bags, of which 3.42 million...

The U.S. Census Bureau's bulk, intermediate, and consumer-oriented (BICO) export data tracks U.S. food and agricultural trade shipped directly to Romania.

In mid-April, the Government of Romania (GOR) approved Emergency Ordinance (E.O.) 47/2020 to provide flexibility from biofuel mandates for local petroleum stakeholders.

On April 16, 2020, the Government of Romania (GOR) reversed its April 9 decision to suspend grain, oilseed, and related-product exports to non-EU markets.