NEW YORK, March 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Clever Leaves Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: CLVR, CLVRW) (“Clever Leaves” or the “Company”), a leading multi-national operator and licensed producer of pharmaceutical-grade cannabinoids, today announced that the Colombian Technical Quotas Group (“TQG”) authorized Clever Leaves’ Colombian operations to manufacture up to approximately 59,000 kilograms of cannabis into dried flower derivatives. According to the International Narcotics Control Board’s publicly disclosed data, Clever Leaves’ total allocation represents 50% of Colombia’s total quota and approximately 18% of the world’s legal medical cannabis production quota for 2021. The new 2021 production quota authorizes Clever Leaves to extract medical cannabis and the total quantity allocated to their company is forecasted to be sufficient towards meeting the aggregate international demand for Clever Leaves’ products. To date, Clever Leaves has successfully exported to more than 15 countries including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Israel, Netherlands, New Zealand, Perú, Poland, Spain, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States.