| The following GAIN reports were released on May 28, 2025. _______
FAS Accra (Post) successfully facilitated the transit of a small herd of high-value, reproductive Texas-bred V8 Brahman cattle. The cattle round-up started out in Texas making its way via Chicago to Doha with landfall in Coastal West Africa's Accra (Ghana). Post's expeditious intervention expedited Ghanaian (ECOWAS) import permits and sanitary clearances, as well as transit authorizations. Within 24-hours from arrival, the V8 Braham cattle were already on the road again making their way out of Ghana through neighboring Côte d'Ivoire and up to their destination in Conakry, Guinea - a 1,500-mile odyssey to their new home range. The shipment of seven young cattle was set for a stressful stopover at Ghana's Kotoka International Airport, that lacks adequate animal handling and quarantine facilities. However, Post's border facilitation assistance ensured the health and safety of this American live cattle shipment. This report provides an overview of Hong Kong's agricultural imports and re-exports. As a free port with zero duties on nearly all agricultural products, Hong Kong serves as a regional distribution hub for a wide range of products, including fresh fruit, food preparations, wine and distilled spirits, and seafood. This status is reflected in Hong Kong's annual agricultural imports of $24 billion, approximately 42 percent of which are re-exported, including significant volumes to mainland China, Macau, Vietnam, South Korea, and Taiwan. Thai rice export prices are trending up, with the premium grades, such as Hom Mali rice, showing the most significant increase. Thailand's rice exports between January to March 2025 faced significant challenges with more Indian rice entering the global market. For more information, or for an archive of all FAS GAIN reports, please visit gain.fas.usda.gov/. | 
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