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Peru is an internationally recognized gastronomic hub with opportunities for imported complementary food products. Health restrictions eased during 2021 but the foodservice sector has yet to recover pandemic-related losses. The industry will also...

FAS/Canada projects milk production flat into 2024, based on declining fluid milk consumption, and steady requirements for industrial milk. Production of cheese and butter is forecast to increase modestly in 2024, as stocks have been recovering, and...

The General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China (GACC) Department of Animal and Plant Quarantine (DAPQ) published updated lists of exporters eligible to ship U.S. feed and feed additive products on September 20, 2023. The...

On September 29, Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture Forestry, and Fisheries reaffirmed its January announcement that for Japanese fiscal year (JFY) 2023 tariff rate quota volumes for butter would increase to 10,320 MT, but would remain at 750 MT for non...

Milk, cheese, and butter production in 2024 are forecast to increase due to relatively lower input and dairy ingredient prices and strong domestic demand. Mexico is forecast to remain a net importer of skim milk powder due to competitive...

Marketing year 2023/24 is expected to be another favorable year for grain production in Ukraine, with production volumes exceeding the ones for the previous year, particularly for corn. Ukraine currently has higher-than-normal beginning stocks for...

FAS China (Post) forecasts China’s raw milk production in 2024 to remain high. However, declining raw milk prices have caused financial losses for a large number of raw milk producers and slowed the growth in production that the market experienced in...

Korean seafood imports totaled $6.47 billion in 2022, up 12.7 percent from the year before. Seafood for human consumption imported from the United States to Korea in 2022 reached $229 million, an increase of 5.6 percent year-to-year. The United...

In El Salvador there is no specific food law. However, the Ministry of Health’s (MINSAL) Health Code is used to enforce food safety for all food and beverage products. MINSAL is in charge of food and beverage product registration. Animal based...

SENASA and ARSA have made significant progress in expediting import procedures with the introduction of on-line options for requesting import permits, and sanitary authorizations of imported raw materials that provide immediate electronic delivery to...

The National Plant, Animal Health and Food safety Service (SENASA) is the regulatory agency in Honduras who is responsible for the inspection of all agricultural products that enter Honduras. The Sanitary Regulation Agency (Agencia de Regulacion...

This report provides an overview of Chile’s current Sanitary Regulation for Food Products (RSA by its name in Spanish), as well as any other regulation with the potential of disrupting food trade. Since the last version of this report in 2022, Chile...