1.   As recently as two years ago, there was no visible interest in hemp production in Germany.

2.   Hemp production was legalized in Canada last year, said David Bata of Commercial Hemp, a quarterly trade magazine published in Vancouver, British Columbia.

3.   Hemp productions can be imported to the United States.

4.   The Agriculture Ministry is looking toward controversial hemp production to boost industrial exports and invigorate the island economy, the government news agency Jampress reported Tuesday.