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On September 18, 2018, China’s State Council Tariff Commission (SCTC) announced that it would start enforcing additional import tariffs on U.S. products exported to China....

Lanzhou is a rising second-tier city in Northwest China that is now increasingly able to provide U.S. food and agricultural exporters opportunities in the retail and hotel, restaurant....

At current price levels, China will likely import less U.S. almonds, pistachios and walnuts due to the additional import tariffs placed on U.S. tree nuts....

China is by far the largest importer of hides and skins in the world, supplying the massive leather production industry.

For the first time in a decade, direct flights to the United States from Northeastern China will be possible.

Post forecasts China’s MY 2018/19 raisin production at 190,000 MT, up nearly 6 percent from the revised number in the previous year as a result of improved fresh supplies.

Multiple outbreaks of African Swine Fever have occurred in China for the first time.

China’s production of chicken meat will continue to recover in 2019, growing 3 percent to 12 million metric tons due to cumulative increases in white-feather, yellow-feather and hybrid broiler....

From August 3 until September 7, 2018, China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has officially reported 14 outbreaks of African Swine Fever, across six different provinces.

Due to the ongoing trade tension between the United States and China, Post forecasts soybean imports will fall by 1 million metric tons (MMT) to 94 MMT in MY18/19 and total oilseed imports....

Post forecasts that South Africa’s chicken meat imports will increase marginally by 2 percent in 2019 to 525,000 tons.

While Southern African countries generally adopt Codex standards, there are concerns that many are missing the opportunity to shape or influence these standards due to their poor attendance....