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Korean seafood imports totaled $5.43 billion in 2019, down 6.3 percent from 2018. U.S. seafood imports decreased by 11.3 percent from $261 million to $232 million.

From June 1, 2020, Japan will require the use of a revised sanitary certificate for fresh oyster exports.

After several years of negotiations, on April 28, 2020, FAS/Brasilia received an official response from the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Food Supply (MAPA), approving the final language...

China’s seafood imports reached USD 15.44 billion in 2019, a greater than 30 percent increase over 2018 due to rising meat prices, strong domestic demand, and continued value-added processing...

The Government of India published a veterinary health certificate for the import of bovine frozen semen.

GOR Distributes Subsidies for the Development of Aquaculture and Sturgeon Breeding . . . GOR Announces 2016 Total Agriculture Support . . . Russian Grain Stocks Down Slightly . . .

On September 4, 2015, China notified the WTO of the National Food Safety Standard on Aquatic Products, issued by the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC), as SPS/N/CHN/994.

The GOR implementation of a food embargo, enacted in August 2014, forced Russia to source fish and seafood from a restricted number of eligible suppliers, including Faroe Island, Iceland and China.

Minister Tkachyov’s First Interview … Amended Floating Wheat Export Duty Formula … Current Russian Grain Stocks Higher Than Average … Draft Amendments to the Russian Food Security Doctrine …

In 2014 the total fish catch was 170,500 MT, which included the Baltic Sea and long-distance fisheries.