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TH5132 – Export prices declined around 1 percent as the rumored G-to-G agreement with Indonesia has not yet been finalized.

There are no changes since the last report. There is no mandatory labeling regulation for Genetically Engineered (GE) products.

Despite an extended El Nino event, Indonesian rice and corn production did not experience significant declines.

On September 4, 2015, China notified the WTO of the National Food Safety Standard on Preserved Fruits (an update to GB8956).

On August 17, 2015, China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine(AQSIQ) announced upgrades to its registration filing management system.

Cross-border e-commerce is a direct business to consumer sale from overseas at reduced duties, without Chinese-language labels, and with reduced inspection requirements.

On October 22, Taiwan completed a normal tender GF4-104-105 for 4,000 MT of U.S. medium or short grain rice and scheduled another normal tender for October 29.

With MAFF’s strong push to use rice for feed, rice used in compound feed exceeded one million metric tons in MY2014/15 for the first time on record, at the expense of wheat and corn.

The outlook for winter grains production in Australia has deteriorated due to particularly adverse seasonal conditions, including lower than expected spring rainfall and record temperatures.

Export prices were virtually unchanged expect for fragrant rice prices. The Ministry of Commerce is proposing on-farm pledging program for MY2015/16 fragrant rice production.

On September 4, 2015, China notified the WTO of the National Food Safety Standard on Puffed Food, issued by the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC), as SPS/N/CHN/999.

On September 4, 2015, China notified the WTO of the National Food Safety Standard on Pastry and Bread, issued by the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC), as SPS/N/CHN/998.