Notification regarding detection of non-conformities found in soybean shipments to units of 5 Brazilian companies

The Brazilian government received two notifications from the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC), informing about the detection of non-conformities found in shipments of soybeans exported by units of 5 Brazilian companies, one from each of the notified companies. It is worth noting that other units of the notified companies continue to export normally to China, and the suspensions are only valid for the 5 officially notified units. Therefore, the volumes traded by Brazil will not be affected due to this temporary suspension of these 5 notified units. As in Brazil, China carries out routine monitoring of imported products, and the presence of soybeans coated with pesticides and quarantine pests was detected in the shipments assessed by the Chinese authorities. MAPA reports that the exchange of information on the results of the monitoring of imported products between Brazil and China is part of the routine of inspection actions, highlighting the solid channels of ...