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On March 8, 2017, Taiwan completed the first tranche of the 2017 U.S. rice Simultaneous Buy and Sell (SBS) tender GF4-106-015 for 18,500 tons.

Beginning February 4, 2017, Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety began enforcing biotech labeling requirements that were finalized on February 3, 2016.

This report contains changes in Section VIII: Slaughterhouse registration; Dairy products—ban on partially hydrogenated oils in processed dairy products; Preserved food—ban of tartrazine....

The report lists and describes certificates that should accompany food and agricultural products to Jordan.

Turkey Removes Eligibility of Russian Commodities for Inward Processing Regime… Russia Amends a List of Banned Products of Turkish Origin… Minister Tkachyov States Priorities....

Canada's oilseed production (canola, soybeans, and sunflowers) for 2017/2018 is forecast to rise modestly to 25.3 million metric tons (MMT), up one percent from 2016/2017....

In 2016, U.S. corn dominated the Colombian market supplying 99.6% of imports due to trade preferences in the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA).

Driven by a dynamic tourism industry and solid domestic consumer demand, excellent opportunities exist for U.S. exporters in the DR’s food service sector.

Minister of Agriculture Carlos Furche took immediate actions on March 20th to suspend all imports of Brazilian pork, poultry and beef due to the recent scandal surrounding adulterated beef....

Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (GCC-4), covered by Office of Agricultural Affairs in Dubai, permit the importation of genetically engineered (GE) food products of plant origin.

On February 13, 2017, Japan revised a Ministerial Ordinance that will eliminate the practice of agebased testing of Japanese cattle for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)....

Export prices remain unchanged as the strengthening Thai baht offset the downward pressure on domestic prices from the seasonal harvest of off-season rice.