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US Organic Food Exporters Can Benefit From Growing Prospects in Hong Kong, USDA Says

U.S. organic food exporters should benefit from increasingly “good prospects” in the Hong Kong market amid a rise in the popularity of organic foods, USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service said in a May 5 report. The agency said the “slowdown” in…

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U.S organic exports to Hong Kong last year was “far less” than the 20% decline in conventional U.S. exports. “While most U.S. agricultural exports faced shipping logistics challenges last year,” USDA said, “the smaller contraction in U.S. exports of organic products reflects the growing popularity of these products in Hong Kong.”