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Ecuador’s Foreign Trade Committee (COMEX) Resolution 012-2015 grants variable duty exemption that had been set at four percent to wheat, wheat semolina, and wheat flour imports from all origins.

Ecuador called for a temporary 30-60 day global ban on tuna fishing to compensate for excessive overfishing in 2014. East Asia-Pacific states have rejected the proposal.

The FAS Quito supported Ecuador cattle buying mission to Texas and Florida resulted in a $739,000 government purchase of beef and dairy cattle, far exceeding the earlier purchase estimate of $250,000.

Ecuador’s coffee production in marketing year 2015/16 (April/March) is forecast at 309,000 bags on a Green Bean Equivalent basis, up 17,000 bags or six percent compared to our MY 2014/15 estimate.

After declining consistently in recently years, cotton use and imports for the domestic spinning industry are hovering around 40,000 to 45,000 tons, annually.

Ecuador’s AGROCALIDAD suspended imports of U.S.-origin live fowl, poultry meat and poultry products and eggs/egg products in response to APHIS reports of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza...