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Attaché Report (GAIN)

Brazil: Retail Foods

Despite the impact of the coronavirus pandemic in the Brazilian economy, the retail industry registered a positive performance.
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Japan: ALIC Continues COVID-19 Dairy Support Payments

As part of the 2020 Japanese Fiscal Year (JFY) third supplementary budget the Agriculture and Livestock Industries Corporation (ALIC) received 17.6 billion yen ($161 million) to operate a COVID-19 countermeasure support program for cattle fattening...
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Japan: 242nd Food Safety Group

On July 16, 2021, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) proposed revisions to Japan’s maximum residue levels for 11 agricultural chemicals (MCPA, MCPB, Captan, Cyazofamid, Pyriofenone, Fluoxastrobin, Procymidone, Mandestrobin, Cypermethrin, Albendazole, and Zeranol) for various agricultural commodities.
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Brazil: Export Opportunities for US Wines

Brazil reached robust sales growth figures for wines in 2020, reaching 380 million liters or 15 percent higher compared to 2019.
The Government of Japan (GOJ) published a report outlining measures to address next steps in the Export Expansion Action Strategy for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Products and Food.
This report reflects updates made by the Government of Japan to its guidelines for handling food and agricultural products derived from genome editing technology.
Attaché Report (GAIN)

Japan: Retail Foods

In 2020, the total value of all retail food and beverage (F&B) sales in Japan was $474.13 billion, a 1.5 percent increase over 2019 sales of $466.97 billion.
On June 11, 2021, the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA) issued a notice soliciting public comments on the “Plant-Based Regulatory Discussion.”
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Brazil: A New Model for the Biodiesel Market

On December 30, 2020, the Brazilian National Biodiesel Production Program (CNPE) issued Resolution #14 with guidelines to implement a new market environment for biodiesel trade, which should replace the current biodiesel public auctions.
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Brazil: Oilseeds and Products Update

For 2021/22, Post forecasts soybean planted area at 40.3 million hectares (ha), and production at 143.5 million metric tons (MMT), based on a yield of 3.56 mt per ha. Post revised up 2020/21 planted area estimate by 300,000 ha to 38.8 million ha, and...
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Brazil: New Trans-Fat Guidelines for Food Products

On June 9, 2021, the Federal Gazette (DOU) published Resolution RDC/Anvisa #541/2021, which modifies Resolution RDC/Anvisa #332/2019 that defines requirements for the usage of industrial trans-fat in foods.