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In marketing year (MY) 2017/18, Colombian coffee production fell further than expected to 13.8 million bags (1 bag = 60 kilograms unless otherwise noted) green bean equivalent (GBE).

Colombia remains open to the adoption of biotech-derived commodities and innovative technologies.

Colombian Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew at 1.8 percent in 2017, slower than previous year growth rates, but still higher than other Latin American economies.

The United States continues to be the main sourcing option for Colombian importers of corn and rice.

SaborUSA is a non-traditional marketing campaign that effectively promotes U.S. food and beverages in Colombia by developing an innovative platform of social media tools, on TV advertisements....

On July 25, 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued its judgment that organisms created through many newer genome editing techniques are to be regulated....

Cacao for Peace (CfP) is a collaborative initiative between the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service....

Colombia recently increased their biofuel blend mandate to 10 percent for most of the country.

On June 14, 2018, an agreement on the successor to the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) was reached for 2021-2030.

Even though the Colombian government in 2017 increased the sales tax or value added tax (VAT) from 16 percent to 19 percent, the retail sector continues to thrive because of a robust economy....

This report provides an overview on the biofuel use mandates in the various EU-28 member states. It supplements the EU-28 Biofuel Annual Report.

On June 14, 2018, negotiators from the Council, the European Parliament and the Commission found a political agreement on the next iteration of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED II).