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FOOD OUTLOOK NOVEMBER 2017
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MAJOR POLICY DEVELOPMENTS MID-MAY TO MID-OCTOBER 2017*
COUNTRY
PRODUCT
DATE POLICY CATEGORY/INSTRUMENT
DESCRIPTION
Canada
Cheese
Aug-17 Tariff rate quota
Announced a new tariff rate quota (TRQ) administration policy applicable to the 16 000 metric tonnes (MT) of cheese that will be allowed to be imported under the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). Of the total TRQ, 60 percent will be allocated to small and medium-sized enterprises with the remaining 40 percent allocated to large companies. In both cases, 50 percent will be allocated to manufacturers and the balance to distributers and retailers. The 1 700 MT of bulk EU industrial cheese TRQ will be allocated entirely to manufacturers of further processed food products.
China (mainland)
Applied the Administrative Measures for the Registration of Recipes for Formula Powder Products
for Infants and Young Children, which mandate domestic and overseas producers to: i) register their facilities with the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) and the Certification and Accreditation Administration of the People's Republic of China (CNCA); and ii) limit the number of products and brands produced.
European Union India
Dairy products Dairy products
Sep-17 Free trade agreement Jun-17 Import ban extended
Approved the free trade agreement with Canada, which entered into force 21 September 2017, after its approval by EU Member States, expressed in the Council, and by the European Parliament.
Indonesia Mexico
Dairy products
Aug-17 Import policy
Introduced a requirement that US dairy-product establishments must pay a fee to undergo the review process to export dairy products to Indonesia. The review process consists of three phases: document review, onsite review and evaluation of onsite audits.
Russian Federation
Established tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) and respective volumes for 2018 imports of a number of products, such as whey, into the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). The volume of whey and modified whey products that will be allowed to enter into the Russian Federation is set at 15 000 metric tonnes.
Cheese
Dairy products
Oct-17 Import ban
Oct-17 Food safety standards
Banned, temporarily, imports of soft cheese products from the EU.
Dairy products Dairy products
Jul-17 Import ban
Jun-17 Import ban extended
Suspended all dairy imports from Colombia after new outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease were detected in the Andean country.
Dairy products
Aug-17 Tariff rate quota
* A collection of major dairy policy developments starting in January 2012 is available at: http://www.fao.org/economic/est/est-commodities/commodity-policy-archive/en/?groupANDcommodity=Milk,%20Dairy%20products
Extended the prohibition on import of milk and milk products (including chocolates and chocolate products, and candies/confectionary/food preparations with milk or milk solids as an ingredient) effective until 23 June 2018 or until further orders. The prohibition has been in place since 2008.
Extended until the end of 2018 the ban on the import of agricultural products including milk and milk products from the countries that applied economic sanctions against the Russian Federation.