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China is the second largest market for planting seeds after the United States. It is self-sufficient in planting seeds for grains, but imports some grass, vegetable, and fruit seeds.

Export prices were virtually unchanged due to lack of new inquiries during the holiday season.

News and consumer trends in South Korea’s food market.

Indonesia’s Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) issued regulation 58/2015, replacing MOA 139/2014 and 2/2015.

Due to its high dependency on imported foods, Singapore is one of Asia’s largest importers of processed food and beverage products.

The overall food processing sector is growing at about 5 percent per year, with dairy, bakery, and processed fish products among the leading sectors.

The value of the Japanese food processing industry was estimated at 23 trillion Yen in 2014, an increase of 0.2% from 2013.

Vietnam's food retail sector is dominated by small traditional trade, although modern retail channels are expanding in response to growing consumer demand.

New players in the food retail industry and continuous expansion of existing retailers contributed to the dynamic growth of the industry in 2014.

Recently, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) stated they will propose an amendment to the Taiwan Tobacco and Alcohol Administration Act, which could increase U.S. wine sales in Taiwan.

The report provides a summary and un-official translation of Inter-Ministerial Circular 45/2015/TTLB-BNNPTNT-BKHCN.

Section Updated: Section I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, and Appendix I, II. The updates include the new Special Act on Imported Food Safety Management, which shall go into effect on February 4, 2016.