The U.S. Agricultural Marketing Service is requesting nominations for individuals to be considered for selection as Board members of the Peanut Standards Board.

INC attended the Open Discussion Round and the Meeting of the Working Group Dried Fruits & Nuts of the European Federation of the Trade in Dried Fruit & Edible Nuts, Processed Fruit & Vegetables, Processed Fishery products, Spices, Honey (FRUCOM) on March 22, 2019, in Brussels, Belgium.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final guidance stating that the agency does not intend to enforce requirements of the Produce Safety Rule, part of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), for farmers and producers of almonds.

INC attended the conference “Beyond trade for all: Time to promote the benefits of agri-food trade” organized by the European Liaison Committee for the Agricultural and Agri-Food Trade (CELCAA), on March 21, 2019, in Brussels, Belgium. The conference brought together speakers from the European Commission and different European associations with the aim of providing different trade views and recommendations of the EU agri-food traders’ community to the EU decision-makers.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and Ministry of the Environment of Japan notified the World Trade Organization of the Summary of the Revision of Pesticide Registration System.

The 2018 Import Border Rejections Reports gathers the import border rejections in Europe, USA, Japan and Australia last year, analyzing the trends and monitoring the causes and origins.

India has extended by 30 days for the seventh time in a row the imposition of higher customs duties on 29 products imported from the US, including almonds and walnuts.

The INC is pleased to announce the publication of the ninth issue of the Statistical Yearbook, which features a thorough analysis of nut and dried fruit statistical data on production, trade and consumption throughout the last decade up to the current season.

On March 29, 2019, the European Commission published the new consolidated version of the Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature (CN).

The European Commission published a Reflection Paper on a Sustainable Europe by 2030 as a part of the EU's firm commitment to deliver on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, including the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.