Brazil may start exporting corn to China before the end of this year, Cesario Ramalho, the head of institutional affairs at corn farmer group Abramilho, said on Tuesday. Ramalho said the timeline was provided by ag ministry officials, who are in talks with China related to the approval of certain types of transgenic corn.
In May, China’s customs authority finalized an agreement to allow imports of Brazilian corn, lining up an alternative to U.S. supplies to replace imports from Ukraine. But shipments have not begun, as talks are ongoing for China to approve certain types of transgenic corn that Brazilian farmers already plant with authorization from Brazilian biosecurity agency CTNBio, Ramalho said.
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