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The Netherlands has increasingly become a trading hub for organic products.

China’s food regulatory regime continues to evolve. In 2017, China issued numerous new regulations and measures to reflect the requirements introduced under the 2015 Food Safety Law.

This report lists the major export certificates required by the Chinese government for imports of food and agricultural products. After a fourteen year hiatus, in 2017 China reopened its market...

On January 9, 2018, China notified the World Trade Organization of Measures pertaining to the Inspection and Supervision of Import and Export Prepackaged Food Labeling as TBT/CHN/1246.

Article 93 of the 2015 Food Safety Law makes recommendations in the case of imported products without a Chinese food safety standard.

China continues to be the world’s largest seafood producer with overall seafood production estimated at 69.96 million tons (MMT) in 2017, up 1.4 percent from the previous year.

Japanese beef and pork production remained flat in 2017 as slightly heavier carcass weights offset lower slaughter numbers. Total imports of U.S. beef reached a 14-year high...

This report is intended to supplement the FAS U.S. Mission to the EU’s Food & Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards (FAIRS) report with Italy-specific information.

Despite abnormal weather patterns during October 2017 through January 2018, New Zealand milk production and exports are unlikely to be adversely affected.

Japan’s free trade agreement with the European Union (EU) and the soon-to-be-signed Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will reduce tariffs....

Saudi Arabia’s barley imports for marketing year (MY) 2017/18 are estimated at 8 million MT, about 6 percent lower than the official USDA estimate of 8.5 million MT.

At the end of January 2018, French President Emmanuel Macron presented a roadmap for future French agricultural policy and has proposed a new law to forward this vision.