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On September 18, 2023, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) published draft Provisions on the Protection of Geographic Indication (GI) Products for public comment.

FAS China forecasts commercial production of in-shell walnuts to remain unchanged from the previous year at 1.4 MMT in MY 2023/24. Cold winter temperatures in Xinjiang damaged the almond crop this year.

On August 7, 2023, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) notified Measures for the Quarantine Administration of Imported Plant Propagation Materials (Revised Version) to the World Trade Organization (WTO) under G/SPS/N/CHN/1282.

The People’s Republic of China (PRC), State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) and Standardization Administration have published the final version of National Standard for Soybeans (GB1352-2023), which will take effect on December 1, 2023.

On September 15, 2023, China notified an amendment to the National Food Safety Standard for Restricting Excessive Packaging for Foods and Cosmetics (GB 23350-2021) to the World Trade Organization (WTO) under G/TBT/N/CHN/447/Add.2.

On September 6, 2023, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) jointly published “Implementation Opinions of SAMR and MARA on Carrying Out Crop Seed Certification.”

The General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China (GACC) Bureau of Import and Export Food Safety (BIEFS) recently updated the list of products subject to Decree 248.

On September 13, 2023, the State Council Tariff Commission (SCTC) announced an extension of the Section 301 retaliatory tariff exclusion period for sorbitol and other select U.S. commodities would be valid to April 30, 2024.

Raisin production is expected to rebound by nearly 12 percent to 190,000 MT in MY 2023/24 from the previous year after the government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) removed Covid restrictions that disrupted the previous season’s processing and harvesting.

Soybean imports are raised to a record 101 million metric tons (MMT) in marketing year (MY) 22/23 on surging imports, which reached 84.3 MMT through July.

On July 22, 2023, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) released revised Measures for Supervision and Administration of Quality and Safety of Edible Agricultural Products in Markets.