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On November 15, 2021, China notified the National Food Safety Standard: Code of Hygienic Practice of Producing for Prepared Meat Products to the WTO SPS Committee as G/SPS/N/CHN/1240. This is the first notification of a domestic code of hygienic practice of producting for prepared meat products in China.

This biannual report includes data on U.S. and global trade, production, consumption and stocks, as well as analysis of developments affecting world trade in dairy products.

With its developing grocery retail industry, prior to the Covid-19 pandemic Bulgaria was a growing market for food and beverages, with growing consumer confidence, declining unemployment, upward incomes, and a stable number of foreign tourists...

On November 17, China notified the National Food Safety Standard: Good Manufacturing Practice for Powdered Infant Formula to the WTO SPS Committee.

As incomes rise and consumption increases, China’s snack food market is developing rapidly. Snack food sales reached $74 billion in 2021, an increase of 7.9 percent over the previous year. The COVID-19 pandemic has driven consumers to pay more...

Hong Kong is the ninth largest importer of baked goods in the world, with imports valued at $870 million. Major import categories included pastries, bread, and cakes. For the first ten months of 2021, Hong Kong imports of baked goods were $721 million, a modest increase of 1.61 percent over the same period in 2020.

The French food processing sector is valued at $212 billion with over 17,650 food processors from small family owned businesses to some of the largest food companies in the world.

Taiwan’s food processing industry produced an estimated $17.42 billion of processed food and beverages in 2019.

On May 11, 2020, China notified the General Principles for the Labeling of Prepackaged Foods (GB7718-xxxx) (Draft Standard for Comments) to the WTO TBT Committee as G/TBT/N/CHN/1420...

On May 12, 2020, the Thai Cabinet approved increasing the quota for fresh potato imports for further processing from 52,000 MT to 58,400 MT for 2020.

In an effort to streamline trade and ensure national food security, the Singapore Food Agency recently removed timeframe restrictions on frozen and processed meat imports.

New Zealand is an attractive market for U.S. pet food exports. Although New Zealand exports a large amount of pet food, there is also strong import demand, with US$120 million imported in 2019.