Attaché Report (GAIN)

Mexico: Poultry and Products Semi-annual

Strong growth is expected in the poultry and egg sectors for 2018, building on recent expansion and vertical integration.
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Russia: Draft SPS Measure on Rabbit Semen Notified to WTO

On February 13, 2018, Russia notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of draft requirements for imported rabbit semen and the corresponding form of a unified EAEU veterinary certificate....
On December 11, 2017, Chilean Ministry of Health (MOH) published in the Official Gazette, Decree Nº1, which outlines the implementing regulation for labeling and advertising of packaged foods....
Central America’s Northern Triangle – which includes El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras – offers significant market opportunities for exporters of U.S. farm and food products.
On January 1, 2017, Ecuador’s entry into the European Union’s Andean Multiparty Trade Agreement took effect.
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Japan: Supplementary Budget Anticipates Impact of FTAs

The Government of Japan’s 2017 supplementary budget provides the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) with an additional 317 billion Japanese yen (US$ 2.9 billion) for support....
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Algeria: Trade Policy Update

On January 7, 2018, the Algerian Government issued a decree temporarily suspending 851 products, of which 576 are agricultural.
In December 2017, the European Commission published a "roadmap" outlining its intention to prepare legal acts needed for EU accession to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement....
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Japan: Japan Doubles Non-Fat Dry Milk Import Quota

On January 26, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) announced its intention to import 13,000 metric tons (MT) of butter and 27,000 MT of non-fat dry milk (NFDM) by March 2019.
On December 26, 2017, Korea issued an updated list of adjustment tariffs and voluntary tariff rate quotas (TRQs) for certain agricultural, forestry and fishery products....
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China: China Lifts Ban on U.S. Beef Exports

On September 22, 2016, China lifted the longstanding Chinese ban on U.S. beef exports. The lifting of the ban includes both boneless and bone-in beef from cattle below 30 months of age.
This report details the steps which US exporters must navigate in order to successfully place their product in the Dominican market.