A draft amendment to the Seed Law was released for public comment on August 20, 2021. The amendment expands intellectual property rights for new plant varieties, extends and improves the level of protection, and attempts to stimulate domestic innovation. The draft amendment strengthens plant variety protections (PVP), particularly for essentially derived varieties (EDV). This report provides an unofficial translation of the full text of the document. The comment period closes on September 18, 2021.
In 2022, China's hog production is forecast to decline by 5 percent. Low prices and disease outbreaks in 2021 led to significant slaughter and delayed restocking. Pork production in 2022 will decline by 14 percent as fewer hogs come to market and government policies designed to limit price fluctuations inadvertently undermine expansion. Pork imports will rise to 5.1 million MT as consumer demand for pork exceeds domestic production. Cattle and beef production will grow slowly in 2022. High beef prices will encourage investments by large producers. However, small producers with poor herd genetics and space constraints will continue to dominate production. Cattle imports will be stable at 350,000 head. Beef imports will grow to reach 3.3 million MT, but at a slower rate, as high beef prices are balanced by more diverse beef suppliers entering the market.
This quarterly report covers April through June 2021 and provides details on the status of the EU Green Deal objectives and strategies including the Farm to Fork Strategy (F2F), Biodiversity Strategy, the Climate Target Plan, the EU Methane Strategy, and the Circular Economy Action Plan.
Sri Lanka's National Plant Quarantine Service (NPQS) (national authority) has revised wheat grains import regulations. Previously the national authority had issued a blanket approval for the import of wheat for flour milling for human consumption. The blanket approvals were revoked in December 2020, and were replaced with import permits valid for one-year. Permits for U.S.-origin wheat consignments now include additional declarations. FAS Colombo\New Delhi (Post) and APHIS New Delhi's successfully negotiated with the NPQS additional declaration language that meet Sri Lanka's phytosanitary requirements, while remaining consistent with APHIS export certification policy. Sri Lanka is now also permitting wheat imports for animal feed milling, but under highly restrictive entry conditions. Sri Lanka's import requirements effectively disallow U.S.-origin feed wheat imports.
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