China to Start Requiring New Phytosanitary Declaration With US Soybean Exports
U.S. soybean exports to China must include a declaration on the phytosanitary certificate that says, “This consignment exceeds 1 percent foreign material,” starting Jan. 1, 2018, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said Dec. 27. Chinese officials in September…
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notified the agency of “foreign material” in U.S. soybeans exceeding Chinese standards as well as weed seeds “of quarantine concern,” APHIS said. Chinese officials “have assured” the U.S. that the declaration will clear the way for all U.S. soybean exports to China, including those with over 1 percent foreign material, without interruption until the U.S. can “fully implement” a series of “science-based measures from farm to export terminal, called a systems approach,” during the 2018 crop year. The “systems approach” will aim to reduce the volume of foreign material and weed seeds in soybean exports to China, APHIS said. “We are confident that this agreement will allow U.S. soybean farmers and exporters to continue to service the important Chinese market without interruption,” U.S. Soybean Export Council CEO Jim Sutter said in a statement.