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Panama did not make any policy changes on regulating Genetically Engineered (GE) plants, seeds and animals, including for GE microbes, in the past year.

During 2019, El Salvador continued strengthening its commercial ties with the United States as it imported about $567 million of agricultural products, which is 4 percent more than in 2018.

In El Salvador there is no specific food law. However, the Ministry of Health’s (MINSAL) Health Code is used to enforce food safety for all food and beverage products.

This report provides U.S. food and agriculture exporters information on how to do business with the Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional (HRI) sector in Panama.

This report provides examples for the major export certificates and other documents required by the government of El Salvador for U.S. exports of food and agricultural products.

In El Salvador there is no specific food law. However, the Ministry of Health’s (MINSAL) Health Code is used to enforce food safety for all food and beverage products.

This report provides information to U.S. exporters of agricultural and related products on how to do business with the retail food sector in Panama.

Updated Sections: Section II. Purpose of Specific Export Certificate(s) and Appendix I. Electronic Copy or Outline of Each Export Certificate.

The Salvadoran retail sector, valued at approximately $4.5 billion, continues to show positive signs of growth as supermarkets and discount stores have expanded.

El Salvador continues to depend heavily on imports for many of the ingredients needed by the food manufacturing industry.

El Salvador’s coffee production is expected to reach a historic low of 505,000 sixty-kg bags in marketing year (MY) 2019/20.

Panama’s food processing ingredients market is valued at $135 million annually. Panama’s food and beverage sector is one of the main manufacturing sectors of the economy.