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The Singapore food retail sector is highly developed and competitive.

On April 24, 2019, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) officially announced the detection of Fall Armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda, in Vietnam.

Milk production in Japan is projected to remain flat in 2019 before increasing around 1 percent in 2020 as recovery in the heifer population brings productivity gains.

The report provides updates on rice in Cambodia.

After surging in MY2018/19, Philippine grain imports (wheat, corn and rice) will decline in MY2019/20 as the country returns to more normal weather conditions following last year’s El Niño....

For marketing year (MY) 2018/2019, Post revised total paddy production down compared to the USDA official number, from 44.68 million metric tons (MMT) to 44.43 MMT, or from 27.92 MMT to 27.77....

Rice export prices declined around 2 percent as supplies of new-crop white rice are entering the market.

China’s sugar production levels are forecast at 10.89 million metric tons (MMT) in MY19/20 (Oct-Sep).

On September 19, 2019, Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) announced genome edited foods that do not contain foreign DNA are not subject to the Food Labeling Standard.

Vietnam, Thailand, and Burma (Myanmar) are part of the fastest developing region in the world and account for roughly 221 million of Southeast Asia’s population.

On October 4, Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries announced that it would decrease planned imports of non-fat dry milk (NFDM) by 6,000 metric tons....

On October 1, 2019 Japan raised the consumption tax for most goods and services from 8 to 10 percent.