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Report Highlights: China’s Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional (HRI) sectors recorded $687 billion in sales revenue in 2019, a 9 percent increase from the previous year.

In October 2020, South Africa published a notice repealing the regulations relating to health messages on container labels of alcoholic beverages (No. 1143).

In June 2020, China’s central government announced its economic masterplan to develop the south China island of Hainan into a Free Trade Port (FTP).

The report highlights the Living Standards Measure (LSM) marketing tool used in South Africa.

China’s pet food market is experiencing phenomenal growth that is expected to continue into the future.

The South African Ministry of Public Works and Infrastructure published and presented the Expropriation Bill to Parliament in October 2020.

China’s MY2020/21 fresh potato production is forecast at 99 million metric tons (MMT), a 3 percent increase over MY2019/20 primarily due to expanded acreage.

China’s retail sector continues to grow to new highs as the number of middle-class consumers keeps growing.

The production of apples, pears and table grapes is forecast to increase marginally in the 2020/21 Marketing Year (MY), based on increases in area planted, normal weather conditions...

The forecast for China’s corn imports for Marketing Year (MY) 2020/2021 is increased from 7 million metric tons (MMT) to 22 MMT.

Thailand’s sugar syrup exports to China increased more than twelvefold by volume in the first eight months of 2020 when compared to the same period in 2019.

Virtual business engagements have taken on new importance in 2020.