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Taiwan’s food processing industry produced an estimated $17.42 billion of processed food and beverages in 2019.

On May 11, 2020, China notified the General Principles for the Labeling of Prepackaged Foods (GB7718-xxxx) (Draft Standard for Comments) to the WTO TBT Committee as G/TBT/N/CHN/1420...

On May 12, 2020, the Thai Cabinet approved increasing the quota for fresh potato imports for further processing from 52,000 MT to 58,400 MT for 2020.

In an effort to streamline trade and ensure national food security, the Singapore Food Agency recently removed timeframe restrictions on frozen and processed meat imports.

New Zealand is an attractive market for U.S. pet food exports. Although New Zealand exports a large amount of pet food, there is also strong import demand, with US$120 million imported in 2019.

Post worked with APHIS and the Pet Food Institute to remove a Singaporean regulation banning pet food containing bovine ingredients from the United States.

On July 26, 2019, Colombia notified a proposed technical regulation that defines the maximum sodium content for a list of 67 processed foods to the WTO TBT Committee as G/TBT/N/COL/238.

In 2019, Brazilian food industry sales amounted to R$699 billion (US$177 billion), an increase of seven percent compared to the previous year.

In 2019, the United States exported $1.94 billion worth of agricultural, fish and forest products to Spain.

On April 11, 2020, Egypt’s Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) issued Decree No. 209/2020.

In 2019, Macau’s retail food sector sales rose 7.3 percent to US$613 million, a positive growth trend forecast to continue, especially in segments where U.S. products have strong prospects...

Chile has consolidated its reputation as one of the main players in the global food industry.