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Japan will provide preferential dairy access to the European Union (EU), New Zealand and Australia through two separate free trade agreements which could enter into force as early as 2019.

On April 20, 2018, Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) invited public comments on revised Japan Agricultural Standards (JAS) for sawn lumber and Cross Laminated Timber....

The Government of Japan revised the national liquor tax law in 2017.

On April 17, 2018, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) announced a revision to its biofuel policy that creates a market opportunity for up to 366 million liters....

Post forecasts 2018/19 soybean production at 115 million metric tons (mmt), the second largest crop on record.

High prices for Japanese table rice led to Japan’s full utilization of the simultaneous buy and sell quota (100,000 MT) in Japanese fiscal year 2017, and are expected to lead to continued....

On March 15, 2018, Japan notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) that it will apply the organic Japan Agricultural Standard (JAS) to foods that contain ingredients of animal origin....

The Japanese food processing industry is one of the worlds’ most advanced and sophisticated, with yearly output valued at over $200 billion.

A free trade agreement (FTA) between Japan and several countries comprising the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)....

Brazil’s MY 2018/19 sugarcane crush is estimated at 628 mmt, a decrease of 11 million metric tons compared to the previous crop, mostly due to below average crop management and slower stock....

On December 8, 2017, Japan and the European Union (EU) announced the finalization of negotiations on the Japan-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).

MY2017/18 corn production is forecast lower at 89 million metric tons (MMT), based on reduced area for first and second-crop corn and an expected return to average yields.