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From September 7-9, 2021, the Agricultural Trade Office (ATO) in Hong Kong hosted the strongest national pavilion at HOFEX, the largest food trade show in Hong Kong.

The long-term outlook for South Korea’s Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional (HRI) sector is positive, with strong growth up until the COVID-19 pandemic.

This report lists major export certificates required by the Japanese government to export food and agricultural products from the United States to Japan.

This report is an overview and update of Japan's food and agricultural import regulations and standards (FAIRS).

ALIC has announced that for the first time in 14 years the “Milk for Further Processing Stabilization Program” (the so-called Narashi program) was triggered and thereafter subsidized eligible milk traded in Japanese Fiscal Year 2020 (April – March) in the amount of $0.007 per kg.

While hemp has been grown in China for centuries, liberalization of production, processing, and use regulations have only come in recent years.

The Directorate General of Livestock and Animal Health Services (DGLAHS) issued new questionnaires for foreign meat and pork establishments seeking approval to export to Indonesia.

The Australian consumer foodservice industry is valued at A$60 (US$44) billion.

China extended again the Section 301 retaliatory tariff exclusions on 11 agricultural products, including shrimp for cultivation, whey for feed, fishmeal for feed, alfalfa and six hardwood products.

Global lentil exports in 2020 jumped from $1 billion to $2.6 billion compared to the year before. Canada and Australia led the surge, accounting for more than three-fourths of the exports. Lentil exports peaked at $2.7 billion in 2015 but drifted lower through 2019, primarily due to reduced shipments from Canada to India and Turkey and from the United States to Canada and India.

Thailand’s pet food market experienced steady growth due to the rise of “pet humanisation” and an increasing cat population.

On July 9, 2021, China notified “Laboratory animal—Microbiological and parasitical standards and monitoring” to the WTO TBT Committee as G/TBT/N/CHN/1613.