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This report provides practical tips to U.S. agricultural, forestry, and fishery exporters on how to conduct business in China.

This report is an overview and update of Japan’s food and agricultural import regulations and standards (FAIRS) for U.S. agricultural exports to Japan.

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

On December 4, 2019, China notified the Measures for the Supervision and Administration of the Quality and Safety of Agricultural Products on the Market for Human Consumption (Draft for Comments)....

The Korean government implemented a volume-based liquor tax for beer on January 1, 2020.

Post revised estimates for wheat imports up to 4.8 million metric tons (MMT) in marketing year 2017/2018 (MY17/18) and 3.5 MMT in MY18/19 based on actual import data.

China implemented or proposed several significant food and agricultural import regulations and standards in 2019.

The Government of Japan (GOJ) announced that it will expand the areas eligible to vaccinate healthy hogs against Classical Swine Fever (CSF) from 12 to 20 prefectures as the country....

Effective April 1, 2020, Japan will no longer apply the beef special safeguard and pork safeguard to imported products from member countries of the World Trade Organization.

The Japanese Cabinet approved new support programs for livestock producers under the 2019 supplementary budget aimed at increasing beef and dairy cow numbers.

The Government of Japan announced it will seek revision of the Act on Domestic Animal Infectious Diseases Control to allow preventative culls in case of an outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF).

Post forecasts crude palm oil (CPO) production in marketing year (MY) 2019/20 at 20.6 million metric tons (MT).