The trade commission and agricultural affairs director of the Embassy of Chile recently spoke about Chilean wines having built a bigger share of the market since 2004, when the FTA took effect. In 2003, Chilean wines accounted for 6.5 % of the imported wine market. This rose sharply after the FTA...
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism (MCST), Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs (MAFRA), and the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) announced the Korea Aid program, which was heavily publicized by the government as a “new South...
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Thailand would neither allow the import of genetically modified (GM) plants nor the registration of longan as a new plant variety in other countries if the Kingdom were to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the Commerce Ministry clarified recently.
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The international Trade Promotion Department of Thailand will soon have a project for improving business ties with Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam ( CLMV).
(written by Petchanet Pratruangkrai)
Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/Govt-programme-to-promote-trade-ties-in-Thailand-C...
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The Thailand government's rice stocks reached 18.7 million tons through various rice pledging schemes, which bought rice from farmers at prices 40% above market rates from 2011-14. The Thailand government called this its biggest rice auction to capitalize on higher demand as new supply wanes...
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On May 13, 2016, the Cabinet has decided to implement the basic plan for the promotion of urban agriculture based on the Urban Farming Promotion Basic Act (Act No. 14 of 2015).
Source: http://www.maff.go.jp/j/press/nousin/nougyou/160513_1.html
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On May 12, 2016, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) announced that the memoranda of cooperation for mutual use of inspection results of variety registration were signed between Japan and Vietnam on April 29, among Japan, Russia and EU on May 1 on the basis of the UPOV (...
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On May 25, 2016, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) announced that Job-seeking Support Center for Horse Industry opened last 26, May, 2016. It is for promoting the intermediation between peoples who are looking for a job and are offering a job in the horse related Industry...