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Why doesn't China buy more Russian grain?

Wheat
Barley
China
Russia
Published May 29, 2023

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Last week, the Russian and Chinese administrations, specifically the Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service of the Russian Federation and the General Administration of Customs of China signed a protocol on the phytosanitary requirements that Russian cereals would have to meet for import into the Chinese market. For some, the signature [Read more...]

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Last week, the Russian and Chinese administrations, specifically the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance of the Russian Federation and the General Administration of Customs of China signed a protocol on the phytosanitary requirements that Russian cereals would have to meet for import into the Chinese market. For some, the signing of this protocol is one more step so that Russian grain can be exported shortly, if not in millions of tons, at least in thousands. For others, it is more of a purely political gesture. This signature is a “déjà vu”. More than a year ago, in February 2022, the two countries already signed a document that expanded origin options for imported wheat and barley into China, allowing these raw materials to come from all over Russia, which was expected to allow Russian trade to use the Black Sea ports to increase shipments, according to Agricensus. However, more than a year later, although the trade in wheat and barley between the two ...
Source: Agrodigital
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