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The South African Department of Agriculture is in the process of finalizing requirements related to “control management systems,” which may include additional requirements of documentation to support label claims for imported food products.

U.S. exporters can find ample opportunities in the Iberian Peninsula. Spain is the third-largest European Union (EU) destination for U.S. agricultural products, with Portugal ranking 11th. In 2021, the United States exported $1.6 billion of agricultural products to Spain, or 15 percent of total U.S. agricultural exports to the EU. The United States held a 4 percent market share of Spain’s agricultural imports and 2 percent market share in Portugal, behind other EU member states as a group and Brazil.

South Africa has a well-developed business market, and is considered a gateway to Sub-Saharan Africa markets.

South Africa has a well-developed business market, and is a gateway to Sub-Saharan African markets.

South Africa has a well-developed business market and is a gateway to Sub-Saharan African markets.

In 2018, South Africa imported US$3.2 billion in processed foods, an increase of 5.5 percent from 2017, with the top five products being palm oil, food preparations, whiskies, beer made from malt....

Though relatively small, the South African organic foods market is steadily growing as evidenced by the increase in certified farms from 35 in 1999, to 250 in 2018, and by the growth in the range....

The South African food retail sales reached US $44.9 billion in 2017.

The EU Council formally adopted the text of the new Regulation on organic production and labeling of organic products.

Slovakia took over its first ever European Union (EU) Council Presidency on July 1, 2016.