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

After a five-year moratorium on genetically engineered (GE) products imposed with the 2004 Food Law, in 2009 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) adopted the Law on “Genetically Modified Organisms” (“GMOs”).

BiH’s Confectionary imports are twice BiH’s exports in value terms. In 2015, BiH’s total imports of these products equaled $65.4 million...

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.