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On February 24, 2022, GACC made eight additions to the list of items falling within the scope of Decree 248. American exporters are encouraged to pay attention to the additions which include frozen potatoes, frozen corn, frozen fruit, and supplementary foods for infants and young children.

On January 30, 2022, China's State Council released two updated technical guidelines for preventing and controlling COVID-19 in cold-chain food.

On December 10, 2021, Guangdong Administration for Market Regulation (GAMR) released information and rules of a pilot program to allow several Traditional Chinese Medicine products, including American ginseng, to be used as ingredients in food and beverage products.

The General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China (GACC) updated the list of products whose production facilities are required to register under Decree 248. U.S. exporters are encouraged to pay special attention to the addition of several kinds of frozen fruit, as well as preserved cranberries, and frozen potatoes and potato products.

Fresh oysters are considered a special treat in China, part of a niche luxury market mainly in coastal cities such as Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen, and Beijing.

China’s overall feed production is projected to rise through the end of calendar year 2022.

In 2022, imports of chicken meat (excluding paw) are projected to reach 800,000 metric tons (MT) an increase of 2 percent over 2021. Chicken meat production is expected to decline by 3 percent in 2022 on lower yellow feather broiler production.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) released MARA Decree [2022] No. 2, announcing the revised Administrative Measures for the Safety Assessment of Agricultural GMOs. The finalized Measures, which were previously notified to the WTO...

On January 24, 2022, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) issued Guidelines for Safety Evaluation of Gene-Edited Plants for Agricultural Use (Trial), which for the first time establish application procedures and requirements for gene-edited plants.

On December 18, 2019, the State Council Tariff Commission (SCTC) announced its annual tariff adjustment plan that sets tentative import and export tariff rates for selected commodities....

On December 15, 2019, the State Council Tariff Commission (SCTC) announced that China would not impose additional tariffs on certain U.S. commodities on December 15, 2019, as originally scheduled.

This report provides practical tips to U.S. agricultural, forestry, and fishery exporters on how to conduct business in China.