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Japan: Japan Lowers HPAI Related Trade Restriction on US Poultry Products
By USDA Newswire Report | Apr 11, 2023
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) in Japan has announced an agreement with U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to lower High Pathogenic Avian Influenza related trade restrictions on U.S. poultry products exported to Japan, starting April 3rd.
Saudi Arabia: Food Processing Ingredients
By USDA Newswire Report | Apr 11, 2023
Saudi Arabia is the largest economy in the Arab world and home to a growing food manufacturing and processing sector.
France: Food Processing Ingredients
By USDA Newswire Report | Apr 11, 2023
In 2022, the French food processing sector encompasses approximately 17,300 companies ranging from small family-owned businesses to some of the world’s largest multinationals.
United Arab Emirates: Food Processing Ingredients
By USDA Newswire Report | Apr 11, 2023
The United Arab Emirates' food processing sector continues to expand, bolstered by strong economic growth and local demand.
Spain: Spain Seafood Report 2023
By USDA Newswire Report | Apr 11, 2023
Spain is one of the largest markets worldwide for fish and seafood. In 2022, Spain was the fourth largest importer of fish and seafood in the world after the United States, China, and Japan.
Japan: MAFF Support Payments for Struggling Dairy Industry
By USDA Newswire Report | Apr 11, 2023
Japan introduced an emergency program to induce early slaughtering of less-productive dairy cows in March 2023 as an incentive to reduce excess milk production and support dairy farm management.
Guatemala: Grain and Feed Annual
By USDA Newswire Report | Apr 11, 2023
Corn production in 2023/2024 is forecast to increase slightly, despite a reduction in planted area, as commercial farmers look positively at 2023 average record prices of $625/metric ton (MT) at the wholesale markets.
El Salvador: Food Processing Ingredients
By USDA Newswire Report | Apr 11, 2023
El Salvador’s food manufacturing sector has been able to successfully adapt to a challenging environment and has provided signals of a rapid recovery, despite facing a continuous crisis generated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the supply chain shortages that increased the costs of raw materials and other inputs needed to produce food.
Turkey: Grain and Feed Annual
By USDA Newswire Report | Apr 11, 2023
Turkey’s grain sector continues to grapple with different challenges, the most recent of which are earthquake and drought.
China: Grain and Feed Annual
By USDA Newswire Report | Apr 11, 2023
Post forecasts little change in overall feed production in MY2023/24 but corn utilization in feed rations should rise while wheat and rice utilization should decline.
New Opportunities Arise in the Netherlands Post-Pandemic
By USDA Newswire Report | Apr 11, 2023
Since the Netherlands lifted all COVID-19 related restrictions at the end of February 2022 and most people returned to the workplace, new opportunities continue to emerge for U.S. agricultural products.
Weekly Export Sales
By USDA Newswire Report | Apr 11, 2023
This weekly report is a summary of U.S. export sales activity for barley, beef, cattle hides and skins, cattle wet blues, corn, cotton (by type), cottonseed, cottonseed cake and meal, cottonseed oil, flaxseed, grain sorghum, linseed oil, oats, pork, rice, rye, soybeans, soybean cake and meal, soybean oil, sunflower seed oil, wheat (by class), and wheat products.
Peru: Food Processing Ingredients
By USDA Newswire Report | Apr 11, 2023
Peru’s food processing industry is a dynamic sector of the national economy.
China: Food Processing Ingredients Annual
By USDA Newswire Report | Apr 11, 2023
Demand for food processing ingredients such as tree nuts, dairy products, pulses, meat, and frozen and dried fruit is expected to continue to expand.
China: Formulas for Special Medical Purposes Intended for Infants Draft Standard Notified
By USDA Newswire Report | Apr 11, 2023
On March 6, 2023, China notified the National Food Safety Standard:
Poland: Proposed Amendment to Animal Protection Rules in Poland
By USDA Newswire Report | Apr 11, 2023
On March 22, 2023, the Polish Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development proposed a draft Act on Special Arrangements to Improve the Supervision over Animal Health and Protection.
Philippines: Food Processing Ingredients
By USDA Newswire Report | Apr 11, 2023
As factories have effectively returned to pre-COVID operations, food and beverage manufacturers have purchased more food and beverage ingredients to address domestic consumption.
Panama: Food Processing Ingredients
By USDA Newswire Report | Apr 11, 2023
This report provides information to U.S. exporters of agricultural and related products on how to do business with the Food Processing industry in Panama.
Paraguay: Oilseeds and Products Annual
By USDA Newswire Report | Apr 11, 2023
Post projects marketing year (MY) 2023/2024 soybean production at 10 million metric tons (MMT) as planted area rises to 3.55 million hectares and Paraguay returns to trend for yield.
Philippines: Oilseeds and Products Annual
By USDA Newswire Report | Apr 11, 2023
FAS Manila forecasts copra production at 3 million MT for MY 2023/24 because of the coming El Niño and the break from the 3-year productive cycle.