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Post forecasts that China’s fluid milk production will grow slightly due to productivity gains on large-scale farms, but the overall herd size will remain unchanged in 2018.

Rice export prices increased 4 percent as exporters are fulfilling large-volume contracted shipments.

The overall Thai economy is projected to slow down significantly due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

China’s fluid milk production is expected to continue increasing as a result of the expansion of large dairy farms and improved yields.

The outbreak of COVID-19 led to a decline in domestic demand for several food products, while other products experienced a surge in demand and temporary benefits.

The COVID-19 outbreak beginning in January 2020 is now under control, but the economy is moving towards recession as businesses lose revenue and households lose income from supply chain disruption...

The Thai Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued guidelines to test imported fresh produce for pesticide residues according to the Notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 387...

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...

Thai and Vietnam rice prices converged after a 7-8 percent further reduction in Thai rice export prices this week.

The Thai Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) opened a public comment period on the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH)’s draft Notification Re: Food Containing Pesticide Residues (Pesticide Residues...

Severe drought in 2020 caused a sharp reduction in MY2019/20 off-season rice and corn production, leading to a 4.8 percent reduction in agricultural economic growth in the first quarter 2020.

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.