| The following GAIN reports were released on May 20, 2025. _______
On May 14, 2025, China's National Health Commission announced a solicitation of public comments on the revision of 28 national food safety standards. The comments can be submitted to China's national standards management information system until June 14, 2025. At the time of the report, the standards have not been notified to the WTO. This report provides unofficial translation of the announcement and the list of the standards. Stakeholders should conduct their own review of the regulations to assess any market or regulatory effect on their business. Mexico's coffee production is forecast to reach 3.9 million green bean equivalent in the 2025/26 marketing year. This slight increase from the previous year is attributed to planting incentives driven by favorable coffee prices and ongoing efforts to improve coffee varieties. Domestic roasted coffee consumption is also projected to rise moderately to 1.35 million green bean equivalent in 2025/26, supported by private and government initiatives promoting quality and consumption. The United States remains the primary market for Mexican coffee and the top soluble coffee exporter to Mexico. This report is an update of TW2023-0048 Taiwan Wood Pellets Market Brief - New Environmental and Energy Priorities Realize Opportunity for $300 Million in U.S. Wood Pellets, published in 2023. In 2022, Taiwan published "Taiwan's Pathway to Net-Zero Emissions in 2050," outlining the island's strategy to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Developing renewable energy is a crucial component of this plan, and wood pellets were considered by Taiwan to generate additional green energy. However, Taiwan has postponed the conversion of one of its largest coal boilers to burn wood pellets. Instead, Taiwan opted to use natural gas for power generation and purchase an additional $200 billion worth of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the U.S. U.S. wood pellets export opportunities remain for paper and petrochemical industries with fluidized bed systems, which required to adopt carbon reduction targets to cut their emissions. Despite market volatility, and unstable policies, the European Union remains the largest importer of Tanzanian green coffee beans, buying six times as many beans as the United States. FAS/Dar es Salaam projects green bean exports will rise from 1.25 million bags in MY 2024/25 to 1.36 million bags in MY 2025/26, driven by increased production. Post also forecasts a two percent rise in ending stocks, primarily due to higher production, while domestic consumption sees only minimal growth. For more information, or for an archive of all FAS GAIN reports, please visit gain.fas.usda.gov/. | 
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