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Japan is the fourth largest export market for U.S. exporters of food and agricultural products.

In 2016 U.S. agricultural exports to Indonesia totaled more than $2.6 billion, making it the 8th largest market for U.S. agriculture.

Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries approved 70 European Union (EU)-proposed geographical indications for agricultural items on December 15, 2017.

On 23 November, the Ministry of Agriculture issued revised regulations on import licensing requirements for horticultural products.

This report is for reference only. It provides an unofficial translation of the draft measure as notified to the World Trade Organization on June 19, 2017, as TBT 1209.

On December 23, 2016, the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) and the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) released the National Food Safety Standard....

In November 2017, the Chinese National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) released the Projected Initiation Plan for the National Food Safety Standards Work for 2017....

On April 6, 2017, the State Council published the annual Key Tasks regarding Food Safety Work of 2017.

The Government of Vietnam (GVN) published Decree 39/2017/ND-CP on April 4th, 2017, replacing Decree 08/2010/ND-CP (dated February 2, 2010) on animal feed management....

Thailand has enacted several new regulations that restrict imports of feed and feed ingredients containing certain animal proteins.

In 2017, the Hong Kong Government (HKG) confirmed that U.S. bison meat can be exported to Hong Kong with a Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) health certificate (FSIS 9060-5).

The updates to this report include the framework of the proposed amendment to Hong Kong’s metallic contamination regulation.