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South Korea’s Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional (HRI) food service sector continues to grow as consumers spend more on dining out and look for more convenience in their busy lives.

The Singapore food retail sector is highly developed and competitive.

This report contains information about Thailand’s food service industry.

Following seven consecutive years of growth, Japan’s hotel, restaurant, and institutional (HRI) food service industry achieved record sales of ¥33.1 trillion ($299.8 billion) in 2018.

The milk supply from New Zealand’s dairy farms in 2020 is forecast to remain steady compared to 2019, at 21.86 million metric tons (MMT).

Winter grain crop prospects in much of Australia deteriorated in September as a result of inadequate rainfall.

Vietnam maintains strong demand growth for oilseeds for food and oil consumption.

Rice export prices remain unchanged as traders are waiting for MY2019/20 main crop white rice supplies which will enter the market in the next couple of weeks.

Total raw sugar production in MY 2019/20 (December/November) will reach 2.1 million metric tons (MMT), unchanged from the previous year, with cane production expected to be about 22 MMT.

On September 19, 2019, Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW) released the updated, "Food Hygiene Handling Procedures for Food and Additives Derived from Genome Editing Technology."

Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare announced an additional public comment period for the, "Food Hygiene Handling Procedures for Food and Additives Derived from Genome Editing Technology."

On September 20, 2019, Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries started the public comment period for Feed Safety Guidelines on the Handling of Genome-edited Feeds and Feed Additives.