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In fiscal year (FY) 2015 – October to September, total Colombian food and agricultural imports were valued at $5.5 billion.

This report is an annual update of the food import standards and enforcement mechanisms in Colombia.

The production of biotech-derived commodities continues to expand. Area planted of genetically engineered (GE) corn has surpassed GE cotton.

Colombian coffee production exceeded expectations as El Niño weather impacts were minimal.

Review of El Salvador’s Food and Agriculture Import Regulations and Standards.

The tens of thousands of hectares of land currently being cultivated in the Altillanura, or eastern plains of Colombia, are under threat of dissolution by Colombian courts...

Colombian biofuels production cannot fulfill policy expectations as a result of production deficiencies and insular policies that restrict trade.

El Salvador's Ministry of Environment has not completed the necessary steps of the regulatory framework for their safe use and commercialization.

U.S. corn exports to Colombia are dominating the market at the expense of Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) competitors.

Colombian coffee production is expected to increase to 12.5 million bags (1 bag = 60 kilograms unless otherwise noted) green bean equivalent (GBE) in marketing year (MY) 2014/15...

El Salvador’s coffee production is expected to rebound to 624,000 sixty-kg bags in 2014/15 (October 2014 - September 2015), a 24 percent increase from the historically low 2013/2014 harvest.

FAS/Colombia is writing a series of reports on the opportunities and challenges for agriculture under the Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA), which went into force in May 2012.