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This report provides information on the export certification requirements of the Government of Costa Rica.

This report outlines Costa Rica’s requirements for food and agricultural product imports.

The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has shaken the Costa Rican economy, and there is great uncertainty over about how quickly it will recover.

This report gives an overview of the Italian food retail and distribution sectors and outlines current market trends, including best product prospects.

Costa Rica’s marketing year (MY) 2019/2020 coffee production reached 1,472,366 60 kilogram (kg) bags, which is 15.4 percent higher than the previous crop.

Costa Rica’s sugar cane production is forecast to decline 0.5 percent in MY 2019/2020. Sugar production is expected to decline 2.45 percent from 442,187 MT in MY 2018/2019 to 431,325 MT...

Costa Rican consumers rushed to the supermarkets to buy higher volumes of basic staples such as rice and beans as the first cases of COVID-19 hit the country in March.

The Italian food-processing industry continues to be highly fragmented, characterized by a growing consolidation of smaller companies.

EU-27+UK chicken meat production is expected to increase slightly again in 2020 driven by both domestic and export demand.

Costa Rican total agricultural imports sales reached US$ 735 million, 43 percent of the total sales represented by consumer oriented products in 2019.

Transgenic seed varieties have been grown in Costa Rica since 1992 with all seeds being exported to other countries.

Hemp cultivation in Italy is legal since January 2017 when the Italian law No. 242/2016 promoting hemp cultivation and its industrial uses entered into force, leading to a sector revival....