Japan will apply a tariff-quota system on products such as chicken and pork from Australia to allow set quantities of imports with low duty rates under a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA)
Livestock
Danish company to open fishmeal plant in China
Danish livestock meal and oil producer Triplenine will build a new fishmeal plant in China
Malaysia’s aquaculture production target ‘to hit 1.76 million metric tonnes in six years’
Malaysia has announced that it will achieve the aquaculture production target of 1.76mn metric tonnes by 2020
Vietnamese firm to establish pig nucleus farm
Austfeed Vietnam Corporation has signed a deal with JSR Genetics and consultancy firm Checkfarm to establish a pig nucleus farm in the country
Vietnam plans six fisheries logistic service centres
Vietnam has approved the project of setting up six fisheries logistic service centres based on key fishing grounds in the country