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The General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China (GACC) Department of Animal and Plant Quarantine (DAPQ) has provided USDA China with a new format for submitting overseas facility registration lists for commodities under their authority.

On January 4, 2024, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) published the revised “National Standard for Seed of Food Crops – Part 1: Cereals (Draft for Comments)."

Taiwan published its annual list of food and agriculture imports receiving enhanced border inspection in 2024. U.S. fresh cherries are the only U.S.-origin item on the list. This announcement is effective from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024.

Export rice prices grew one percent despite the weakening of the Thai baht, as exporters secured rice supplies to fulfill contracted shipments to ASEAN countries.

Bite size local news, Post reports and activity summaries wrapped by ATO Hong Kong. In this issue: ATO Celebrates the Holidays with U.S. Food Ingredients and Wine; Hongkongers Make 1.32 Million Outbound Trips Over Christmas Break...

Australia is a crucial market for U.S. fresh fruits because of the year-round demand for high-quality products. The U.S. has benefitted from a well-established reputation for producing quality and safe fruits.

This report offers a preliminary agricultural update post-earthquake on the current situation that devasted the Noto Peninsula in the central prefecture of Ishikawa, and Toyama Prefecture on New Year’s Day.

On December 11, 2023, China’s Secretariat of National Food Safety Standard Review Committee of the National Health Commission (NHC) published an announcement soliciting public comments on twenty-one national food safety standards.

On November 28, 2023, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) released the updated Administrative Measures for Registration of Formula Foods for Special Medical Purposes.

This report serves as a second reminder to U.S. exporters and traders that the Hong Kong Government (HKG) does not allow entry of U.S. poultry and egg products originating from affected counties reporting highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) when the bill of lading falls on or after the effective date of a ban.

On December 31, 2023, three People’s Republic of China (PRC) government regulatory agencies jointly announced inclusion of three new ingredients including American Ginseng in the Catalog of Health Food Ingredients, effective May 1, 2024.

On December 25, 2023, Taiwan announced that U.S. cherries exported to Taiwan will undergo enhanced border inspection (20 – 50 percent inspection rate) from April 1 until September 30, 2024.