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China’s trading partners and industry members have concerns about potential disruptions from two revised decrees that China announced in April 2021, the Regulations on the Registration and Administration of Overseas Producers of Imported Food (Degree 248) and the Administrative Measures on Import and Export Food Safety (Degree 249).

South Africa prioritized the reduction in the emission of greenhouse gases in the global fight against climate change.

On April 13, 2021, China notified a revised draft of the National Food Safety Standard for Use of Food Additives (GB2760) to the WTO SPS Committee as G/SPS/N/CHN/1217.

China extended the Section 301 retaliatory tariff exclusion on sorbitol, a food additive that accounted for $1.6 million in U.S. exports to China in 2020.

As a result of these outbreaks, Botswana and Mozambique restricted imports of poultry from South Africa.

Ethiopia is the region’s largest producer and consumer of coffee.

MY 2021/22 coffee production is expected to increase by 3.7 percent to 1.4 million bags due to increased fertilizer use, improved extension services, and an anticipated high-producing period of the crop-bearing cycle.

China’s milk production is forecast to reach 34.6 MMT in 2021, benefiting from high raw milk prices and continued investment by large milk producers.

The production of apples, pears and table grapes is estimated to increase in the 2020/21 marketing year .

The China Feed Industry Expo and Conference took place in April, bringing together traders, analysts, and government officials to share perspectives on the feed and swine sectors.

China is aiming to tackle food waste from farm to fork and everywhere in between. The country launched a clean plate campaign last summer and passed the Anti-Food Waste Law at the end of April this year.

Continued sharp increases in food prices remain a concern in South Africa.