輸出促進、農水省に「司令塔」　手続きを迅速化―関連法成立

　農産物の輸出に関わる手続きを迅速に行うための農林水産物・食品輸出促進法が２０日、参院本会議で与党などの賛成多数で可決、成立した。農林水産省内に「司令塔」となる本部を設置し、省庁横断で輸出拡大に取り組む。来年４月１日施行。
　新設する本部は、本部長の農水相のほか、厚生労働相、外相、財務相らで構成。輸出拡大に向けた工程表を作成し、省庁間の業務の調整を行う。（2019/11/20-14:46）

The Diet, Japan's parliament, enacted legislation on Wednesday to set up a command base within the agriculture ministry to work on expanding farm exports at an interagency level.
   The legislation to speed up procedures related to exporting such products, which will go into effect on April 1 next year, passed the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Diet, with a majority vote led by the ruling camp.
   The command base, to be headed by the agriculture minister, will consist of members including the health, foreign and finance ministers.
   The group will create a work process chart on expanding exports and will coordinate operations among government ministries and agencies.
   Operations related to exporting farm products, including certifying meat-processing facilities, negotiating with countries that have placed restrictions on Japanese food imports, and issuing export certification, are carried out by individual ministries and agencies.