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China’s retail sector offers great opportunity for U.S. food and food product exporters. However, there remains to be many challenges in reaching and selling U.S. food products in the retail sector.

China is the second largest seed market in the world, annually planting 12.5 million tons of seed, with a market value at $17.2 billion.

The State Council Duty Committee (SCDC) released the 2017 Tariff Adjustment Plan which lists changes in tariff rates for calendar year 2017. These new rates went into effect on January 1, 2017.

China is the world’s largest importer of genetically engineered (GE) crops and one of the largest producers of GE cotton in the world, but it has not yet approved any major GE food crops...

In the final stages of a Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) outbreak that has resulted in the culling of over 30 million birds, South Korea has opened its market for the first time...

Home to winter sports, ski resorts, and ancient Manchurian towns, Dongbei or Northeastern China is home to 110 million people.

This report is meant to provide practical tips to U.S. agricultural, forest and fishery companies on how to conduct business in China.

On October 19, 2016, China’s State Council Legal Affairs Office (SCLAO) published a revised version of the Draft Implementing Rules of the Food Safety Law for review.

The Ministry of Food & Drug Safety (MFDS) implemented the Special Act on Safety Management of Imported Food (hereinafter referred to as the Special Act) on February 4, 2016.

The updates include the preregistration of foreign food facilities and livestock establishments including egg and dairy plants, a mandatory review of certification body for certification marks...

The United States was the largest supplier of agricultural, food, fishery and forestry products to Korea, with a 20 percent market share in 2015.