The Minister of Agriculture of Japan reported that swine flu was registered in the country for the first time in 26 years. This flu differs from the African swine fever. This is reported by Reuters, according to kurkul.com.
Japan mission audited the state control system for the export of poultry meat and products from it in Ukraine. This is reported by the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection.
On July 16, 2018 in Ukraine the delegation of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan began an audit of the state control system on exporting poultry meat and products from it, the website of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection reported.
Today Japan is among the priority foreign markets for expanding the sales of Ukrainian agrarian and food products. The successful development of this market requires joint systemic work of business and government. This was stated by the Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine on European Integration Olha Trofimtseva during her welcome speech at the business breakfast "FOODEX JAPAN - gateway to Asia: on the way to the national pavilion", the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy reported.
Head of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection Volodymyr Lapa is on a working visit to Japan to expand the export of Ukrainian agricultural and food products to the Japanese market. This was reported by the press service of the institution.
In 2017, which became the "Year of Japan in Ukraine", a long-term project was launched by the consulting investigative company Consulting integrated, in partnership with the Kyiv Chamber of Commerce and Industry and with the information support of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy.
On December 8, 2017 ended the negotiations on the Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Japan. The agreement on economic partnership includes the overwhelming majority of trade operations between countries, and also abolishes a number of ancient regulatory barriers amounting to 1 billion euros.