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Rice consumption continues to decline due to a shrinking population and reductions in per capita consumption.

Canada is the top export market for U.S. wines by value, and Ontario’s provincial liquor board is a major purchaser of beverage alcohol.

Québec is the largest wine-importing province in Canada, importing approximately 160 million liters of wine valued at $720 million in 2018.

The Canadian cattle herd continues to steadily decline while modest expansion will occur in the Canadian swine herd.

Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) confirmed Japan’s first outbreak of Spodoptera frugiperda, or Fall Armyworm (FAW).

The United States, as the second largest exporter of processed vegetables to Japan, accounts for 20 percent of the market, valued at US$560 million in 2018.

FAS/Canada projects slightly slower growth in Canadian chicken meat production for 2020, as demand growth continues to moderate following exceptional growth in 2017 and 2018.