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Taiwan imported over a billion dollars of U.S. genetically engineered (GE) crops in 2017, accounting for over a third of total U.S. agricultural exports to the island.

Ethanol production using sugarcane and molasses in 2018 is expected to increase to 270 million liters (ML) from 235 ML the previous year as aggregate capacity increases.

On November 22, 2018, Japan notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of draft amendments to the maximum residue levels (MRLs) for the pesticides Chlorpropham, Fenubucarb, and Imidacloprid....

Due to bad weather during the flowering and fruit growing seasons, Korean fresh apple production is projected to decrease by 14 percent to 467,800 metric tons (MT) in Marketing Year (MY) 2018/19.

Fresh orange production is forecast at 500,000 metric tons (MT) in 2018/19, down 3 percent on the estimate for the previous year.

Rice export prices increased 1 percent due to the strengthening Thai baht and white rice purchases from China and the Philippines.

The Australian federal government is supportive of biotechnology and has committed considerable long-term funding to research and development.

China’s addition of 0.8 MMT of cotton import quotas this year is expected to push imports up to 1.5 million metric tons (MMT) in marketing year (MY) 18/19.

Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety will begin implementation of its previously announced pesticide Positive List System (PLS) on January 1, 2019.

Palm oil production is increased to 39.5 million tons for 2017/18 and 41.5 million tons for 2018/19 based on better than expected yields.

Crude palm oil (CPO) production in marketing year (MY) 2018/19 is forecast down a half million metric tons (compared to official USDA estimates for the same year) due to industry reports....

Effective November 27, 2018, Hong Kong bans the import and sale of romaine lettuce harvested in California as a result of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s advisement that California romaine....