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On January 27, 2022, the Turkish government published a new regulation delegating specific authority for the decision to implement export bans on a list of agricultural commodities during 2022 to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MinAF).

On January 19, 2022, Health Canada published a marketing authorization allowing manufacturers to voluntarily increase vitamin D levels in cow's milk, goat's milk and margarine.

Post revised down its 2021/22 forecast corn harvest to 113 million metric tons (MMT) on the account of disappointing first-crop corn volumes. Consequently, the corn export forecast is also lowered to 42 MMT.

Rice prices remain unchanged despite the weakening of the Thai baht as most businesses were closed for the Lunar New Year holiday.

Indonesia kicked off 2022 by rolling out several market intervention policies in response to recent rising prices for cooking oil. From January 19-31, 2022, Indonesia implemented a temporary cooking oil subsidy program utilizing the Crude Palm Oil (CPO) fund, the same funding source that subsidizes the biodiesel mandate program.

Singapore’s highly import dependent, multi-billion-dollar food industry is driven by robust consumer spending, high disposable incomes, and intense urbanization.

This report identifies the different export certification requirements currently in place by product. The Maduro regime, through its different Ministries, issues import permits, import licenses, and conducts processed food product registrations. Post updates only minor changes in this report.

The western half of Japan, with its main hub in Osaka, accounts for nearly 40 percent of Japan’s population and one-third of the country’s gross domestic product. Many of Japan’s largest food manufacturers and processors are headquartered in the Kansai region which includes the three major cities of Osaka, Kobe, and Kyoto.

Post forecasts a 31-percent increase in Thai rice exports and a 17-percent decline in corn imports.

China’s overall feed production is projected to rise through the end of calendar year 2022.

Singapore's Ministry of Health published a final rule to implement mandatory nutrition labels and advertising prohibitions for Nutri-Grade beverages.

The Philippine Department of Agriculture has extended the temporary 90-day validity of SPS Import Clearances for imported meat and poultry through December 31, 2022.