date:Nov 26, 2018
proposed GIs for agricultural and food items. These EU-proposed GI protections will become effective in Japan on the date the Japan-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) enters into force.
If Tsuruta Steuben is designated as a new GI product, the compound term Tsuruta Steuben will be protected in Japan. It is also possible that this term may be protected in countries with whom Japan has concluded an EPA.
Japan produced 180,500 MT of grapes (approximately five percent of Japans fruit producti