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China lifted the longstanding bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)-based ban on U.S. beef imports on September 22, 2016, removing a major obstacle to resuming U.S. beef imports.

As a result of a recovery in swine production and steady growth in the poultry sector, and subsequent higher demand for industry feed and protein meal, China’s soybean imports are forecast to hit...

Argentine beef exports are projected to increase in 2017 to 240,000 tons carcass weight equivalent. This is a marginal increase and still very low compared to Argentina’s historic export performance.

Japan’s 2016 broiler meat production, consumption and importation are on pace to break record highs established in 2015. Increased domestic production and imports of raw broiler meat...

The sector, once deeply concerned about the threat from Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) and the potential appearance of new Avian Influenza (AI) virus strains, now is more proactive...

This report is an overview of general legal and technical requirements for food and agricultural imports imposed by the Russian Federation.

This semi-annual report includes data on U.S. and global trade, production, consumption and stocks, as well as analysis of developments affecting world trade...

The European Commission adopted a proposal to give Ukrainian producers more and better access to the EU market for a number of agricultural and industrial products by temporarily raising tariff quotas

The Agricultural Economic Fact sheet for Angola has been updated to include calendar years 2013, 2014 and 2015. Due to the relative low oil prices Angola’s oil exports dropped by 45 percent...

The biotechnology regulatory system in Ukraine is still not fully developed, but the country has committed itself towards shaping its policy in-line with European Union standards.

Heavy rains in August and September reduced Japan’s potato crop by approximately 500,000 metric tons (MT), or 20 percent lower than market year (MY) 2015/16.

On September 23, 2016, the Ministry of Finance notified the lowering of import on wheat from 25 percent to 10 percent (ad valorem on CIF value) till March 1, 2017.