Area
China (Mainland)
Commodity Group
Oilseeds, oils and meals
Commodity
Soybeans, soyoil, soymeal, rapeseed oil, palm oil
Date
01/07/2019
Policy Category
Trade
Policy Instrument
Import policy (trade mitigation measures)
Description
From July 2019 to September 2019: Launched new efforts in parallel with the countrys protracted trade negotiations with the United States to expand the nations import options for oilseeds and derived products. More specifically, i) imports of soybeans, soybean meal, rapeseed meal and sunflower meal from the Russian Federation were approved; ii) plans to remove soybean oil, rapeseed oil and palm oil from its list of products subject to import tariff quota management were announced; iii) soymeal imports from selected crushers in Argentina were approved; and iv) the possibility of importing soymeal from Brazil was explored.
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