Quality is the key to China's efforts to promote corn export
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Last Update: 2002-06-24
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Source: Internet
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Author: User
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Lead: U.S data transmission network, June 21: according to Argus commodity news agency, China has taken various measures to stabilize the quality of exported corn, so as to lock in the demand of South Korean corn market, and strive for better sales performance in other regions of Asia and the Middle East in the future if possible Since the end of 1999, China has become the main supplier of corn to South Korea, which is mainly due to the government's corn export subsidies Although China officially abolished corn export subsidies in February, China's corn is still very competitive compared with other major corn sources, such as the United States or South America, mainly due to the support projects provided by the Chinese government But although South Korea favors the cheapness of Chinese corn, it has to endure the instability of Chinese corn quality Sometimes, the starch content of Chinese corn is even higher than that of the United States, and sometimes not, according to a person from Korea's cocopia, the only edible corn purchasing group in South Korea It's a problem for us that the quality of corn in China is so different Kocopia has no other better choice in the near future, so it can only buy Chinese corn, because corn prices in the United States and South America are much higher than those in China In order to ensure the purchase of high-quality corn in the bidding, kocopia specially designated the seller to indicate that the corn from China's corn production area must meet the standard of No 2 corn in the United States, and the minimum test weight is 59.51 pounds per bushel These requirements also reflect a bad impression on the group's users due to the large differences in the quality of corn in China.
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