Announcement No. 349 of the Ministry of Agriculture: management direction of imported agricultural genetically modified organisms

Introduction: new page 1Market people are concerned about whether the transition period will cause the fluctuation of soybean price Yesterday, the Ministry of Agriculture held the Announcement No 349 (announcement on the normal management of imported agricultural genetically modified organisms) in Beijing At the meeting, the GM Office of the Ministry of agriculture explained the first batch of safety certificates of imported agricultural genetically modified organisms issued by the Ministry of agriculture, and answered the import declaration procedures and procedures concerned by traders Vy2 on May 23, 2001, the State Council issued the regulations on the safety of agricultural genetically modified organisms, and then the Ministry of Agriculture issued the administrative measures for the safety evaluation of agricultural genetically modified organisms, the administrative measures for the safety of the import of agricultural genetically modified organisms and the administrative measures for the labeling of agricultural genetically modified organisms After the implementation of the three supporting regulations on March 20, 2002, the Ministry of agriculture received applications for agricultural genetically modified organisms safety certificates from five overseas research and development companies During the detection and evaluation of the environmental and food safety of genetically modified organisms, the Ministry of Agriculture issued and twice extended the Interim Measures for the safety management of genetically modified agricultural products On February 23, 2004, the Ministry of Agriculture issued to Monsanto five GMOs safety certificates for import as processing materials Vy2 is the largest soybean importing country in the world The two extensions of temporary measures for the safety management of genetically modified agricultural products have caused trade disputes between China and the United States, and caused fluctuations in the price of imported soybeans At the same time, it has different degrees of impact on the price trend of soybean futures Therefore, announcement 349 immediately attracted the attention of market people Some market people interviewed by the reporter think that the transition from temporary measures to normal management will undoubtedly stabilize the soybean price in the long run, but the temporary measures will be terminated on April 20, 2004, and it will take 60 working days for importers to apply for import safety certificate and import license of AQSIQ from February 23, so there is likely to be soybean import gap between the end of April and the beginning of May, which needs to be digested Save, this will greatly ease the pressure of excessive soybean import in the early stage, and support soybean prices stay at a high level However, the end of April and the beginning of May are the time when China's soybean spring sowing and domestic demand are rising The cut-off will also have a positive impact on the increase of soybean planting area But at the same time, market participants are also worried that the quantity and time of China's soybean procurement will be completely transparent in international trade due to the need to declare soybean imports in batches, which will put domestic soybean imports at a disadvantage in terms of price The Ministry of Agriculture said that it would not happen the problem of short-term cut-off of imported soybeans in vy2, because announcement 349 made arrangements for the transition from temporary measures to normal management VY2