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Recent developments in agri-food trade, and what they mean for you.
Panama Canal postponed both draft cuts but cut Neopanamax slots to nineLogisticsPanamaUS opens a temporary 300,000 tonne beef quota in three tranchesTariffsUnited StatesAmericold closes a $1.3 billion cold-storage joint venture with EQTCold chainUnited StatesFood safety coalition presses Congress to restore FDA traceability enforcement as Cyclospora outbreak tops 10,000 casesTraceabilityUnited StatesOleoresin paprika from India draws final US countervailing duties of 18.67% to 25.42%TariffsUnited StatesArgentina regains EU access for fresh poultry meatMarket accessEuropean UnionPanama Canal cuts Neopanamax draft to 48.5 feet as carriers add fresh surchargesLogisticsUnited StatesBrussels opens four PPWR consultations on producer registers and recycled plastic contentPackagingEuropean UnionUK urges livestock keepers to vaccinate as bluetongue BTV-3 spreads through summerComplianceUnited KingdomCommerce sets $0.38 to $1.00 per kilogram antidumping rates in Vietnam frozen fish fillet reviewTariffsUnited StatesOrganic soybean meal from India faces a preliminary 26.60% antidumping rateTariffsUnited StatesUSDA's August WASDE lifts corn and soybean forecasts, cuts wheat sharplyUnited StatesFDA finalizes its fresh-cut produce hazard guidance eight years after the draftFood safetyUnited StatesTyphoon Dolphin shuts Shanghai and Ningbo, strands 2.4 million TEULogisticsChinaPhilippines suspends livestock and meat imports from 7 countries over FMDFood safetyPhilippinesUS Commerce sets final countervailing duty on Ecuadorian shrimpTariffsEcuadorArgentina river-pilots strike strands 150+ ships on the Paraná grain corridorLogisticsArgentinaChina suspends seed potato imports from 31 countries over zebra chip pathogenCertificationChinaOcean freight rates peaked in early July, then softened as US tariff action bitLogisticsChinaTyphoon aftermath, Andean snow closure and low Rhine levels hit trade lanes concurrentlyLogisticsChinaUSDA begins phased reopening of southern ports to Mexican cattleMarket accessUnited StatesUS imposes Section 301 forced-labour tariffs on 60 economies, shrimp fully coveredTariffsUnited StatesChina signals continued streamlining of agri-food market access through 2030Market accessChinaPeru's H1 2026 agri-exports up 5%, against a forecast very strong El Niño for the 2026/27 seasonMarket accessPeruUS suspends Dominican mango imports over fruit fly trapping non-complianceComplianceUnited StatesEU adopts EUDR product-scope revision and Information System rulesComplianceEuropean Union