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Canada: Canada Revises Beer Standards to Promote Innovation
June 21, 2019
Canada revised prescriptive beer compositional standards to better reflect and support a diversifying beer industry, while providing beer drinkers greater information about allergenic content.
Thailand: The Impact of Thailand's FTAs on U.S. Agri-Food Exports
June 17, 2019
This report analyzes the impact that Thailand’s Free Trade Agreements with other countries have had on U.S. agri-food exports to Thailand.
India: Tariff Hike on U.S. Agricultural Products Further Deferred to May 16
June 17, 2019
On May 2, 2019, the Government of India’s (GOI) Ministry of Finance (MOF) further deferred the implementation date, from May 2, 2019, to May 16, 2019, of the proposed increase in the basic custom....
Japan: Japan Maintains Planned Imports for Butter and NFDM in JFY 2019
June 11, 2019
On May 31, Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries affirmed that it will maintain the tariff-rate quota volumes for butter and non-fat dry milk (NFDM) at 20,000 MT....

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