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The report provides updates on rice in Cambodia.

After surging in MY2018/19, Philippine grain imports (wheat, corn and rice) will decline in MY2019/20 as the country returns to more normal weather conditions following last year’s El Niño....

For marketing year (MY) 2018/2019, Post revised total paddy production down compared to the USDA official number, from 44.68 million metric tons (MMT) to 44.43 MMT, or from 27.92 MMT to 27.77....

Rice export prices declined around 2 percent as supplies of new-crop white rice are entering the market.

China’s sugar production levels are forecast at 10.89 million metric tons (MMT) in MY19/20 (Oct-Sep).

On September 19, 2019, Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) announced genome edited foods that do not contain foreign DNA are not subject to the Food Labeling Standard.

Vietnam, Thailand, and Burma (Myanmar) are part of the fastest developing region in the world and account for roughly 221 million of Southeast Asia’s population.

On October 4, Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries announced that it would decrease planned imports of non-fat dry milk (NFDM) by 6,000 metric tons....

On October 1, 2019 Japan raised the consumption tax for most goods and services from 8 to 10 percent.

On September 20, Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) announced its intention to permit vaccinations of healthy hogs in prefectures affected by Classical Swine Fever.

On July 18, 2019, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) announced revisions to Japan’s Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) for six agricultural chemicals and a veterinary drugs....

On September 11, 2019, Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries opened the public comment period for Feed Safety Guidelines on the Handling of Genome-edited Feeds and Feed Additives.