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Japan Removes Restrictions on Import Window for Certain US Potatoes

Japan recently removed “seasonal restrictions” on the import window of U.S. chipping potatoes and lifted the two-month maximum storage restriction, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service report released March 6. The changes, which took effect last…

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month, were the result of 15 years of discussions between the USDA and Japan in which the U.S. tried to “demonstrate that the limited trade window was not a phytosanitary-based restriction, but rather a technical barrier to trade.”