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New Zealand is an important market in the Pacific for U.S. agricultural products. In 2020, despite logistical and other challenges as a result of COVID-19, New Zealand’s imports continued strong and included US$ 575 million of U.S. agricultural products.
On June 2021, Kenya became the first country globally to approve the environmental release of genetically engineered (GE) cassava. Bt. corn will likely be sent to Kenya’s cabinet for exemption from Kenya’s GE ban and final approval in fall 2021.
There have been no recent significant official changes to the genetically engineered (GE) policies established by the New Zealand government.
The same problems that beset apple production in 2020/2021, especially harvest labor shortages, could persist into 2021/2022.