China expects to issue soybean import license by the end of the year

Introduction: odj Chicago, Dec 13 news: on Friday, China's General Administration of quality supervision, inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) is expected to turn on the green light to the genetically modified soybean freighters arriving in China after Dec 20, according to the report of China Grain and Oil Information Center (cngoic0), which is well-known in the industry But as of Friday, China's quality inspection authorities had yet to issue import licenses, according to the report After December 20, the new interim measures for the management of genetically modified products will come into effect Under the new measures, temporary security certificates can only be used once, rather than as many times as in the past But companies can apply for more than one security certificate at a time Informed sources said that Chinese soybean importers must have import licenses to unload at Chinese ports In early December, China's Ministry of Agriculture issued safety certificates to some local importers According to the Interim Measures for the management of genetically modified products, after the local importer applies for the safety certificate of genetically modified products, the quality inspection department shall make an approval decision within one month after receiving the application According to the cngoic report, most importers have obtained the approval documents from the provincial quality inspection department, and now have submitted the application to the AQSIQ.