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Croatia imports a significant portion of the food it consumes. However, most imports come from neighboring countries or other EU member states.

This report provides information on the food and agricultural product import requirements for Croatia.

In June 2014, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare established the Food Additive Designation Consultation Center (FADCC) to assist companies with applications for food additive use in Japan.

Kazakhstan introduced a ban on the importation or sale of alcohol products that are not in compliance with the Customs Union Technical Regulation on food safety and Kazakh labeling requirements.

On October 31, 2014, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) released Circular 35/2014/TT-BNNPTNT publishing the list of plant quarantine pests of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

China’s MY2014/15 fresh potato production is estimated at 101 million metric tons, a 5 percent increase from MY2013/14.

Russian Minister of Agriculture Redistributes Funds Under the Federal Program for Agriculture . . . Russian State Statistical Service Published Russian Grain Stocks Data...

The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) recently announced that it supports the creation of new dairy cattle farms and importing 90,000 dairy cattle in the near future.

Post forecast Argentina’s milk production for calendar year (CY) 2015 at 11.7 million tons, a three percent decrease from CY2014 USDA’s estimates.

On October 16, 2013, President Sebastián Piñera signed the draft bill that will create the new Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and Forestry.

On November 15, 2014, Statistics Korea (KOSTAT) released its revised rice production estimate of 4,240,739 metric tons.

Fruit and vegetable production and exports continue to grow in Uzbekistan. Russia’s import ban from Western countries may boost Uzbek exports to Russia.