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China widens ban on Canadian canola imports to second firm, Viterra

Published 2019-03-26, 03:54 p/m
Updated 2019-03-26, 03:54 p/m
China widens ban on Canadian canola imports to second firm, Viterra

China widens ban on Canadian canola imports to second firm, Viterra

By Dominique Patton and Julie Gordon

BEIJING/OTTAWA, March 26 (Reuters) - China expanded its ban on Canadian canola seed imports on Tuesday to include shipments from Viterra Inc VILC.UL , the latest development in a wider trade dispute between the two countries.

Viterra is the second canola exporter to have its registration cancelled, after Beijing halted shipments from top exporter Richardson International earlier this month. industry group said last week that Chinese importers have stopped buying any oilseed from Canada, though Chinese imports of Canadian canola oil and meal have not been impacted.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters on Tuesday that his government was trying to resolve the issue and considering sending a high-level delegation to China to address the country's safety concerns.

"We are taking this very seriously," he said in Winnipeg, Manitoba, noting that Canada's relationship with China has been fraught in recent months.

"We have seen a certain amount of challenges in our relationship with China over diplomatic issues," he said.

Canada and China have been locked in a trade and political dispute since the chief financial officer of Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd HWT.UL was arrested in Vancouver late last year on a U.S. extradition request. ban on Viterra and its related companies was announced by China's General Administration of Customs on its website and was effective immediately. Viterra is owned by Glencore Plc's GLEN.L agricultural arm.

Chinese customs said in a statement the ports of Dalian and Nanning had once again detected several pests in samples taken from cargoes shipped by Viterra.

In order to prevent the introduction of harmful organisms, it cancelled the firm's export registration, it said, adding that it will continue to strengthen inspections on all canola imports.

Viterra is working with the Canadian government and the Canola Council to gather more information, a spokesman said. Export products are tested to ensure they meet specific import standards, the spokesman said in a statement.

A spokesman for the Canola Council of Canada said the industry group is confident in the quality of Canadian canola seed exports, noting no other global customers have expressed concerns.

"Today (the Chinese) are alleging another new pest of concern. We are quite perplexed. How can the quality of our canola suddenly change?" said Brian Innes, vice president of public affairs with the Canola Council.

China accounts for about 40 percent of Canada's canola seed, oil and meal exports, according to the Canola Council, with seed exports to China worth some C$2.7 billion ($2 billion) a year. ($1 = 1.3374 Canadian dollars)

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Latest comments

dummy Trudeau although he doesn't care about Canadian he is more concern about his vacation
Its time for trudeau to put his big boy pants on. We have the worlds largest resources; that everyone needs, especially China. Nevermind all thid crap about looking into this dispute. Lets slap some tariffs of our own on them. And speaking of tariffs, why are the US tariffs on steel and alluminun still on? Any new NAFTA deal should have come with that clause. And now The Americans should be buying the canola that China isn’t. I should be running things. Lets go trudeau!
tariffs on all us agricultural Goods in the name of National Security
The problem is that Trudeau does not wear pants. He wears short skirts. PM of Canada job is way above his level of comprehension. He used to be just a substitute drama teacher, and ski bum. To all problems his answer is &quot;We are taking this very seriously&quot;. Really:)) And do what? Bla, bla, bla.. Paper tiger.
our government is so dumb. We. follow the US and China screws us. Then we look south to the US and they screw us too. Wow. Brilliant politicians we have here.
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