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Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) imports approximately two-thirds of its overall food needs.

Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) allows permitted import of genetically engineered (GE) products based on the 2009 Law on “Genetically Modified Organisms” (“GMOs”) and its pertaining bylaws.

The spring planting which started in early April is still on-going. Corn will be planted on approximately 199,500 hectares versus the 169,948 ha in 2014/2015, which is a seventeen percent increase.

Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) imports around one third of the wine consumed domestically (2016 import value $15.2 million), mostly from its neighbors Croatia, Serbia and Macedonia.

On November 9, the European Commission (EC) released its progress report on Bosnia and Herzegovina’s (BiH) pre-accession efforts, noting that preparations in the areas of agriculture and fisheries...

Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) imports approximately two-thirds of its overall food needs.

The European Commission released its Progress Report on BiH’s pre-accession efforts and concluded that substantial work remains to be done in the fields of agriculture and rural development.

There is a need for genetic improvement of BiH’s dairy herds to increase the production of milk and meat and create higher income for the rural population.

Bosnia and Herzegovina imports 90 percent of the pet food consumed and these imports reached $7.5 million in 2013.

Bosnia and Herzegovina recently started adopting regulations that govern biotech products.