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Taiwan experiences a shortage of chipping potatoes as several large U.S. shipments were delayed and subsequently rejected.

On September, 4, 2014, the Minister of Health, proposed two amendments to the regulations relating to health messages on container labels of alcohol beverages.

2014 saw near-record imports of U.S. agricultural products into Taiwan, valued at $3.79 billion (based on Taiwan customs data).

On December 24, 2014, Taiwan awarded partially 9,100 MT of the first 2015 U.S. rice Country Specific Quota (CSQ) Simultaneous-Buy and Sell (SBS) tender.

South Africa, the largest food service market in Sub-Saharan Africa, has a large and highly competitive hospitality industry.

The Government of Ethiopia (GOE) and major relief food aid agencies are mobilizing resources to procure corn-soya blend (CSB) as part of the drought relief effort.

This report updates on the certificates required to export food and agricultural products into Kenya and complements the FAIRS Country Report.

This report is a reissuance of the 2013 FAIRS export certificate report with no additional certificates.

On January 13, 2015, the South African Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) held a media conference to update relevant stakeholders on the current status of Foot and Mouth Disease.

All the sections of the Report have been updated to comply with the current 2014 reporting instructions as the last FAIRS report for South Africa was done in 2011.

As projected from the previous report, the foodservice industry continued to expand throughout 2013.