China's agricultural products import pressure will exist for a long time

Introduction: Chen Xiwen, deputy director of the development research center of the State Council, said on Monday JNA Chen Xiwen, deputy director of the development research center of the State Council, said on Monday that after China's accession to the WTO, there was no expected large increase in imports of grain, cotton, oil and other bulk agricultural products last year, and there was no significant growth in export of labor-intensive agricultural products, only a temporary phenomenon, There has been a long-standing pressure for a large number of agricultural products to enter China At a press conference held jointly with Du Qinglin, the Minister of agriculture, JNA Chen Xiwen said that last year, China's export of corn alone reached 11 million tons, while the total import of corn, barley and wheat amounted to only 800000 tons, far beyond the general expectation before China's accession to the WTO JNA said that this was mainly due to the increase of crop production in China last year and the decrease of global crop production in the same period "I personally don't think the import and export of grain, cotton and oil in China last year represents a long-term trend According to the analysis of JNA and Chen Xiwen, there are three main reasons for this situation: last year, China's grain production increased slightly, and the total grain production increased by 1%, so the domestic grain price is still relatively low, So last year's global grain production reduction led to soaring prices, which made it difficult for foreign grain and other agricultural products to enter China's market, but provided opportunities for China's grain and other crops to expand exports JNA also said that since April last year, China has adapted to the requirements of WTO accession and made some adjustments to its domestic policies, The export tax rebate policy has been implemented for the exported grain, specifically: the railway transportation fund of 0.033 yuan per ton of grain transportation per ton has been cancelled, the freight of 33 yuan can be saved for 1000 kilometers per ton of grain transportation, and the export tax rebate has been implemented According to JNA Chen Xiwen, "a tax rebate of 120 yuan per ton of corn, plus 33 yuan saved in freight, is 150 yuan cheaper per ton for grain export compared with April, while the export tax rebate and other policies are fully in line with international practices and WTO rules." JNA safety and quality standards may become a new barrier, said Chen Xiwen Last year, labor-intensive agricultural products, including livestock products, aquatic products, flowers, melons and fruits, vegetables and potted plants, did not realize the expectation of rapidly expanding exports with China's accession to the WTO The important reason is that in recent years, the quality and safety of agricultural products in the world has been discussed more and more, and the standards have been set higher and higher, "It may even become a new trade barrier" "I want all countries to set quality and safety standards for agricultural products only to protect the safety of consumers, not others," Chen said JNA said that the quality and safety standards of China's agricultural products have improved significantly in recent years, but the quality and safety standards of many countries are also improving, "and it's dozens of times or even hundreds of times higher, which has strangled the export of China's labor-intensive products." JNA therefore concluded that China's bulk agricultural products will bear the pressure of large-scale international food imports for a long time, while labor-intensive agricultural products will rely on scientific and technological progress to continuously improve their quality and safety standards, so that they can meet the requirements of importing countries According to JNA Chen Xiwen, we believe that the original advantages of labor-intensive agriculture will gradually play a better role after joining in scientific and technological progress jNa   jNa