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The COVID-19 outbreak beginning in January 2020 is now under control, but the economy is moving towards recession as businesses lose revenue and households lose income from supply chain disruption...

Recent demographic data indicates a reversal in the traditional gender ratio of Japanese farmers. Historically, women farmers outnumbered male farmers in Japan.

The Thai Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued guidelines to test imported fresh produce for pesticide residues according to the Notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 387...

On May 11, 2020, China notified the General Principles for the Labeling of Prepackaged Foods (GB7718-xxxx) (Draft Standard for Comments) to the WTO TBT Committee as G/TBT/N/CHN/1420...

Thai and Vietnam rice prices converged after a 7-8 percent further reduction in Thai rice export prices this week.

Indonesia coffee production is expected to decline by 400,000 bags due to late onset of the rainy season in lowland producing areas of Sumatera.

The Thai Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) opened a public comment period on the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH)’s draft Notification Re: Food Containing Pesticide Residues (Pesticide Residues...

Severe drought in 2020 caused a sharp reduction in MY2019/20 off-season rice and corn production, leading to a 4.8 percent reduction in agricultural economic growth in the first quarter 2020.

Japan notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) that the revised quarantine pest list proposed via WTO/SPS/N/JPN/712 will enter into force on November 11, 2020.

Republic Act No. 11467 increased the excise tax imposed on alcohol products effective on January 1, 2020.

On May 12, 2020, the Thai Cabinet approved increasing the quota for fresh potato imports for further processing from 52,000 MT to 58,400 MT for 2020.

Despite some minor challenges and disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, deciduous fruit production in New Zealand is forecast to expand in 2019/2020, with apple production...