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The Agricultural Trade Office (ATO) Osaka has stewardship of western Japan that covers four regions – Kansai, Chugoku, Shikoku, Kyushu – with nearly 50 million inhabitants generating 35 percent....

Japan is entering the final phase of collecting information on substances, specifically synthetic resins, used in food packaging to develop a positive list of approved substances.

On February 19, 2019, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CCCPC) and the State Council unveiled its first policy document for 2019.

Ministry of Agriculture Regulation Number 13/2019 sets new requirements for animal-based feed ingredient imports.

Rice trading resumed with steady rice export prices. Another Thai-Chinese government-to-government shipment of white rice has reportedly been settled.

Korea relies heavily on imports to fulfill its food and agricultural needs. Korea maintains a strong food processing industry that manufactures a wide variety of food and beverage products.

Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) received 2.43 trillion yen (roughly $21.8 billion) for its 2019 budget, a 5.6 percent increase over last year.

The Thai Cabinet agreed to fund and implement a plan to address potential future outbreaks of African Swine Fever (ASF).

Market Year (MY) 2019/20 sugar consumption is forecast to increase marginally to 2.3 million metric tons (MMT), following a flat 2018/19 when sugar sweetened beverage consumption slowed....

On March 27, 2019, Japan notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of a proposal to revise the compositional specification for Hypobromous acid water as a food additive via G/SPS/N/JPN/625.

On March 18, 2019, Japan notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of a proposal to designate Argon as a food additive via G/SPS/N/JPN/622.

On March 18, 2019, Japan notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of a proposal to designate Isobutylamine, Isopropylamine, sec-Butylamine, Propylamine, Hexylamine, Pentylamine....