Despite Indonesia's ban, China's corn is still being shipped to Indonesia

Lead: Reuters Singapore Hong Kong joint report Reuters Singapore Hong Kong joint report, although Indonesia ordered a ban on the import of Chinese corn due to foot-and-mouth disease, this did not lead to a halt in the shipment of Chinese corn, but traders said on Wednesday they were worried about the disruption of delivery Eyk Indonesia banned imports of Chinese corn and soybeans from March 18 after a foot-and-mouth disease in Hong Kong, the Ministry of Agriculture said Tuesday Indonesian government's announcement has attracted attention in China As a large number of corn sold by China to Indonesia has become uncertain, Chinese corn cargo on the way may be rejected by Indonesia and can only roam on the sea However, the chairman of the Indonesian feed processing plant Association said that Chinese corn shipped to Indonesia is still shipped in Chinese ports Since the ban was implemented in Indonesia, there has been no report of cargo transfer destination According to budiarto soebijanto, President of Indonesia feed processing plant association, Eyk said that according to the latest information, cargo ships in Chinese ports are still loading corn and haven't heard of any change of destination Sofjan sudardjat, an official in charge of livestock production at Indonesia's Ministry of agriculture, told Reuters the ban came after a OIE report OIE is an international epidemiological organization based in Paris, which is responsible for monitoring foot-and-mouth disease around the world According to a report released by OIE on its website, there were three cases of foot-and-mouth disease in Hong Kong in January Eyk grain traders in Indonesia are puzzled by the government's decision Some people say that the freighter that recently shipped Chinese corn has landed in Indonesia and so far has not encountered any obstacles Eyk traders are also trying to figure out the details of the ban, which could force Indonesian importers to buy corn from more expensive sources, such as the United States Most of the corn imported from Indonesia comes from China According to Chinese customs data, 1.34 million tons of corn were exported to Indonesia last year, and 205735 tons of corn were shipped to Indonesia in the first two months of this year China's soybean exports to Indonesia are negligible Eyk traders said it was not clear whether the ban would only apply to new deals or to contracts already signed As Wednesday is a public holiday in Indonesia, it will take Thursday to get the government's clarification 'we don't know what's going on,' said a Singaporean trader By the time yesterday's news came out, the Indonesian government's offices had been closed Today is another Indonesian Festival It's not clear what the ban will be 'we are waiting for the information to be clear,' said one Eyk trader 'for example, this prohibition only applies to new contracts, or to contracts that have been signed but not yet loaded What about ships that are currently loading or ships that are already at sea? Eyk in April 2001, Indonesia banned food imports from South America following reports of foot-and-mouth disease in South America After the ban, many ships bound for Indonesia were forced to move to other destinations Three and a half months later, Indonesia lifted the ban, but grain importers were reluctant to buy South American food for a long time because of concerns that the government might re enforce the ban In 2001, Indonesia also banned corn, soybeans and soybean meal from India and China, citing foot-and-mouth disease One trader said it was too early to judge whether the shipment would change its destination We need to know tomorrow (provided by Li Lei studio) Eyk Eyk