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Overall marketing year (MY) 2018/19 citrus production in China is forecast to continue to increase, although much of this growth will be for mandarins and tangerines.

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.

The Minister of Agriculture of China has declared that China will work to reopen the market for German poultry.

On July 6, 2018, the People’s Republic of China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) enacted additional tariffs on select U.S. products as previously announced.

Since 2014, domestic crawfish consumption has increased 68 percent to 1.1 million tons.

Overall grain production is expected to fall in MY2018/19 due to weather-stress and a flurry of domestic support and trade policy developments.

China remains one of the most dynamic retail markets in the world and offers great opportunities for U.S. food exporters.

During the week of June 24, 2018, China lifted its long standing ban on imports of beef from both France and the United Kingdom.

Thirst for imported beer intensifies in South China…Upcoming opportunities for U.S. exporters to meet with South China ingredient importers…ATO Guangzhou participated in trade shows for U.S. woods....

Due to extreme weather this spring in the stone fruit producing regions, both peach and nectarine production and cherry production are forecast down for MY 18/19 from MY 17/18 production levels.

On June 19, 2018, China’s Ministry of Finance announced that as part of the Second Amendment to the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement, China will reduce tariffs on imports of a number of products....