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

Egypt’s economy is rebounding registering its largest growth rate since the outbreak of the 2011 revolution, growing by 4.2 percent in FY 2014/15.

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

On September 7, 2014 the former Minister of Agriculture Dr. Adel El Beltagy issued Ministerial Decree # 1495 to reestablish the National Biosafety Committee (NBC).

Agricultural and Food Developments during the month of November 2015.

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.

Egypt’s food processing is a very dynamic sector, averaging a compound annual growth rate of 12 percent in the last 5 years.

MY 2015/16 wheat imports are forecast at 11.5 million metric tons (MMT) in line with USDA’s official estimate.

News on developments in agriculture and food in Egypt.

Egypt’s government has backtracked on the policy of eliminating cotton subsidies to the sector and has allocated cash subsidies valued at LE 261.7 million to buy the MY2015/16 cotton crop.

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...