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This report is intended to provide an update on the ban on three active ingredients (AI) in Thailand as a follow-up from the last GAIN report titled “Update on the Ban....

New Zealand has strict biosecurity rules for plant and animal products but also imports large volumes of food and beverage products.

Australia’s milk production is expected to continue to shrink in 2020, reaching the lowest level in 25 years.

Indonesia’s launch of B30 in January 2020 is expected to increase 2019/20 industrial consumption of palm oil to 9.2 million tons, raising total domestic consumption to a record 15.61 million tons.

Post has revised its number for Vietnam’s exports for marketing year 2018/2019 (MY18/19) to 27.4 million bags, green bean equivalent (GBE), slightly higher than the USDA official number.

On October 9, 2019, Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries released procedures for providing information on the effects of organisms obtained by using genome editing technology....

MY2019/20 cotton imports are expected to decrease in line with decreased yarn production.

MY2019/20 rice production is revised down further due to ineffective control of the outbreaks of blast disease on the main rice crop and limited water supplies for off-season rice plantings.

The Australian Minister for Agriculture has announced the establishment of a new “Biosecurity Futures” group to provide advice directly to the government on issues of relevance to the Australian....

The Hong Kong government suspended the import and sale of U.S. romaine lettuce in any form (lettuce head, salad mix, etc.) from Salinas, California effective November 23, 2019.

On November 14, 2019, China lifted the nationwide ban on U.S.-origin poultry meat through a joint announcement (No. 177) from China’s General Administration of Customs....

This report provides trade data on Vietnam's monthly rice exports by grades and destinations, and weekly quotes for export rice by grades.