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U.S. exports of consumer-oriented food products to Saudi Arabia increased by approximately 11 percent in 2019 - to a record high of $588 million.

Saudi barley import tenders for July-September 2020 are 12 percent less than the quantity of barley imported over the same period last year (1.68 million MT vs. 1.91 million MT).

The U.S.-Japan Organic Equivalency Arrangement will be extended to livestock products on July 16, 2020.

Saudi Arabia privatized two of its four flour milling companies for 740.5 million USD on July 8, 2020. The remaining two are expected to be sold in the next few weeks.

The major export certificates required by Saudi Arabia’s regulatory and import control agencies are included in this Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards (FAIRS) - Report...

In 2019, Saudi Arabia withdrew a draft regulation to establish extremely low upper limits on sugar in a wide range of food products.

On July 7, 2020, Japan’s National Tax Agency (NTA) published a list of 7 proposed geographical indications (GIs) for alcoholic beverages from the European Unions (EU).

Japan has accepted the sanitary certificate issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for fresh oysters exported by eligible U.S. entities.

On July 3, 2020, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) announced revisions to Japan’s maximum residue levels for Imazapyr, Tolpyralate and Oxolinic acid for various agricultural...

On July 7, 2020, Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) published a list of 21 proposed geographical indications (GIs) for agricultural products from the European Union (EU).

In 2019, the total value of all retail food and beverage (F&B) sales in Japan fell 1.3 percent to ¥52,669 ($483.2 billion).

From July 1, 2020, Japan will require all retailers to charge a fee for the use of plastic shopping bags, with the exception of biodegradable plastic bags...