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The U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) has significantly benefitted U.S.-origin food and agricultural product exports to Peru.

This report outlines Peru’s regulatory requirements for food and agricultural product imports.

The food processing industry is a key player within Ecuador’s manufacturing sector. It alone accounts for 42 percent of the manufacturing sector’s contribution to Ecuador’s gross domestic product.

Despite slower growth forecast for 2016 and measures to restrict imports, Ecuador offers U.S. food and agricultural product exporters a number of trade possibilities.

This report outlines Ecuador’s requirements for food and agricultural product imports. Hyperlinks to ministries, agencies, and legal documents have been provided throughout this updated report.

This report identifies Peru’s import requirements for foreign export certificates, highlighting current procedures and relevant oversight agencies.

This report identifies Ecuador’s import requirements for foreign export certificates, highlighting current procedures and identifying the relevant local agencies with oversight over these issues.

FAS Quito forecasts Ecuador’s calf production growing to 1.01 million head in calendar year (CY) 2016, up some 20,000 head or about two percent compared to 2015’s level.

Working with Ecuador’s National Association of Manufacturers of Food and Beverage (ANFAB), FAS Quito organized three back-to-back workshops in the cities of Guayaquil, Cuenca, and Quito.

This report provides information on the agricultural credit situation in Peru, particularly for small and medium sized producers. Financing is a limiting factor for most agricultural producers in Peru

As a result of FAS Lima’s updated contact database, coordination and support of the USDPL Trade Mission during January 2015, Peruvian importers report buying 30 percent more thus far in 2015.

Ecuador’s tuna fishery in 2015 is staring at lower prices. Prices are suffering due to oversupply, reportedly driven by overfishing, at a time of weakening demand for tuna and tuna products...