Cngoic: China will issue safety certificate to Brazilian soybean

Introduction: Chicago, March 14 Chicago, March 14 (odj): according to the report of China National Grain and oil information center on Friday, Chinese government departments are likely to issue safety certificates for Brazilian soybeans around the end of this week, no later than March 20 at the latest At the end of January, the Chinese government finally agreed to import Brazilian soybean products According to China's interim regulations on the import of genetically modified agricultural products, exporters must apply for safety certification of genetically modified agricultural products, and the exporting countries must prove that the genetically modified crops they provide are not harmful to the environment and human health Although the Brazilian government legally prohibits the cultivation and sale of genetically modified soybeans in China, zmz does not prohibit the illegal use of genetically modified technology by farmers Earlier this week Rodrigues, Brazil's agriculture minister, predicted that between 8% and 12% of Brazil's soybeans were genetically modified Brazil will produce 51 million tons of soybeans this year, according to the latest forecast from the US Department of agriculture According to the report of zmz national grain and oil information center, eight ships of Brazilian soybeans are expected to be shipped to China in March, and the first ship of Brazilian soybeans is likely to dock in Guangdong port It is said that the buyer is a newly established soybean crushing company in Dongguan, Guangdong Province According to the latest report released by the U.S Department of agriculture, China's total soybean imports are expected to reach 16 million tons in 2002-03 market year, but analysts from the national grain and Oil Information Center expect this figure to be exceeded Zmz expects that China has ordered nearly 10 million tons of South American soybeans in 2002-03 If this figure is achieved, the soybean import volume will increase by 4.1 million tons this year compared with 5.9 million tons last year However, China may control the speed of import by delaying the issuance of licenses to importers, so the actual import figure may be slightly lower Zmz although the Ministry of agriculture of China is expected to issue safety certificates to Brazil's soybeans in the near future, it is not easy to obtain licenses from another government department, the State Administration of quality supervision and inspection, because a large number of import contracts will cause concerns about oversupply in the domestic market ZMZ   ZMZ