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GAIN Reports from April 30, 2025

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The following GAIN reports were released on April 30, 2025.

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China: New National Food Safety Standard Code of Hygienic Practice for Livestock and Poultry Edible Offal and By-products Published

On March 27, 2025, The People's Republic of China National Health Commission (NHC) and the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) jointly released the National Food Safety Standard Code of Hygienic Practice for Livestock and Poultry Edible Offal and By-Products (GB 31616-2025). This new standard applies to the processing of livestock and poultry edible by-products, including livestock and poultry offal, claws, trotters, and blood. The final standard will enter into force on March 16, 2026. China notified the draft standard to the WTO on November 15, 2021. This report provides an unofficial translation of the final standard. Stakeholders should conduct their own review of the standard to assess any market or regulatory effect on their business.

 

China: Revised Draft Legume Herbage Seed Standard Notified

On April 24, 2025, the People's Republic of China (PRC) notified the National Standard for Legume Herbage Seed (Draft for Comments) to the World Trade Organization (WTO) under G/TBT/N/CHN/2053. The revised draft standard specifies the quality requirements, testing methods, and testing rules for leguminous and other herbaceous plant grass seeds. The comment period is open for 60 days from the date of notification. Comments may be submitted to the PRC National Notification and Enquiry Center at tbt@customs.gov.cn. This report provides an unofficial translation of the notified standard and a comparison with the current standard.

 

Ghana: Ghana-Cote d'Ivoire-Togo - Following Up on Gulfood Dubai-2025 Market Development Trade Wins

The FAS Accra, Abidjan (Post) Gulfood Dubai-2025 buyers delegation is generating some $16 million in potential new sales for the Coastal West Africa Region. Post led its largest buyers delegation to date from the Coastal West Africa region – 12 from Ghana, 10 from Côte d'Ivoire, and two from Togo. The Coastal West African buyers are keenly interested in purchasing U.S. beef, poultry, rice, vegetable oils, and consumer-oriented products, including beverages.

 

Ghana: Ghana Wine Market Overview 2005 - Wine Flies When Having Fun with US Wines 

Ghana's 2024 imports of foreign wine at $35.2 million are up nearly 3.5 percent from last year; heralding the Ghanaian economy's and its import market's recovery from the financial meltdown of 2022. FAS Accra (Post) is pressing Ghanaian authorities on improving reciprocity; to level the market access playing field as it pertains to customs duties and levies and value-added taxes. Post foresees that as the Ghanaian economy recovers, incomes will rise and embolden consumers to further develop and hone their taste for wines, including those from America's great vineyards. Many Ghanaians are familiar with having wine with meals, pairing these to complement local spicy dishes. Consumers have a palate for the sweeter wines. Since it is generally warmer and sunnier in the United States, our grapes often get riper and sweeter-tasting, making our still regularly fermented wines sweet-tasting without actually being too sweet.

 

Guatemala: Coffee Annual

Guatemala's coffee production areas remain stable, with gradual increases in output as ongoing renovation efforts begin to show results. Full production is anticipated within the next two years, as recently planted trees complete their fruiting cycle. Roughly 30 percent of cultivated Arabica hybrids are rust-tolerant and have proven capable of producing high-quality coffee, as evidenced by the 83 percent of exports classified as strictly hard beans. The United States continues to be Guatemala's leading export market, while soluble coffee, largely imported, represents 60 percent of domestic consumption.

 

Thailand: Grain and Feed Monthly

Thai export rice prices experienced downward pressure and then slightly recovered after Songkran holidays, reflecting tariff changes and adjustments in the global rice market.

 

 

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