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At the end of January 2018, French President Emmanuel Macron presented a roadmap for future French agricultural policy and has proposed a new law to forward this vision.

France, as a European Union (EU) Member State, applies EU directives and regulations to its food and agricultural import regulatory regime, with only few exceptions.

France as a member of the European Community has implemented EU regulations for the import of animal and plant products.

More than 70 percent of French household food purchases are made in supermarkets and local smaller discount stores.

France (including its overseas territories) has 67 million consumers and is the third largest economy in the European Union after Germany and the United Kingdom.

U.S. exports of consumer-oriented products to Aruba reached an all-time high of $74 million in 2016 and are on pace to reach another record level in 2017.

The United States exported over $1 Billion in U.S. consumer-oriented foods and fish products to the Caribbean Basin in 2016.

France is currently the largest seafood market by value in the EU28 with sales at $5.5 billion.

Following the EU’s decision to extend the authorization of glyphosate for another five years, French President Emmanuel Macron tweeted that he asked the Government of France....

The total MY2017/18 EU-28 grain crop is revised up 2 MMT to 304 MMT, due to improved outlooks for both the wheat and corn crops.

Biotech regulations have been virtually non-existent in the Caribbean. However, that may change in the years ahead....

Consumers in search of butter in French retail markets are facing scant or bare shelves.