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Since USDA first established a stand-alone mission area focusing on trade and international affairs in 2017, USDA’s Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs and the Foreign Agricultural Service have made significant trade policy advances to support U.S. agriculture. This series of commodity fact sheets highlights the many recent trade policy advances achieved by USDA.

On October 20, 2023, Jordan notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of a new Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) measure on poultry meat imports (G/SPS/N/JOR/44).

On July 28, 2023, the Government of Mexico (GOM) notified a revised NOM-187 to the World Trade Organization and opened a 60-day comment period. NOM-187 establishes the sanitary and commercial requirements for products made from nixtamalized corn and for the establishments that produce these products.

On January 25, 2021, Malaysia notified new requirements for the importation of grains and grain products to the WTO.

On January 21, 2020, China notified 642 maximum residue limits (MRLs) on 65 pesticides in food to the World Trade Organization SPS Committee as G/SPS/N/CHN/1149.

On December 24, 2018, Korea issued an updated list of adjustment tariffs and voluntary tariff rate quotas (TRQs) for certain agricultural, forestry and fishery products....

This report contains an unofficial translation of Morocco's 2017 marketing program for common wheat, including domestic support for producers, storage, reporting, flour and transport.

This report includes an unofficial translation of Order Number 1675-18 regarding the purchase of common wheat intended for the production of subsidized flour....

On March 16, 2018, China notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of the draft Code of Practice for the Prevention and Reduction of Aflatoxin Contamination in Food, as SPS/N/CHN/1068.

Guatemala announced that it will open World Trade Organization (WTO) tariff quotas in 2018 for 5,000 metric tons (MT) of black beans, 150,000 MT of yellow corn, 50,000 MT of white corn....

On July 31, 2017, India notified its draft regulations to the World Trade Organization (WTO) relating to cereal and cereal products and invited comments from member countries.

India notified its new standards on cereal and cereal products to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and invited WTO members to provide comments.