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America suffers another casualty of the Econ. Trade War with China as China turns to Argentine soy meal in fresh blow to US farmers
China turns to Argentine soy meal in fresh blow to US farmers
- Imports of the animal feed finally allowed after two decades of talks, as Beijing looks to pivot away from US products
- China prefers to import raw soybeans and process them locally, but trade war has disrupted global supply chains
Soy beans are seen at a Grobocopatel Hermanos company storage plant in Carlos Casares, Argentina, in April 2018. Photo: Reuters
China is opening the door to soybean meal shipments from Argentina, the world’s biggest exporter of the animal feed, as Beijing looks to pivot away from US agricultural products amid a trade war with Washington.
The Asian giant is finally allowing soy meal imports from the South American nation after two decades of talks, Argentina’s Agriculture Ministry said in an emailed statement Tuesday.
Beijing has been loathe to accept Argentine meal because it prefers to import raw soybeans and process them in China to promote its own crushing industry. But the trade war has been turning global supply chains on their head.
As China shunned US beans, it turned to Brazil – and to a lesser extent Argentina – for supplies. Now it is going one step further, accepting value-added meal from Argentina even though the move could risk angering its crushers.
It remains to be seen whether China will actually import Argentine meal. The countries still need to jump through bureaucratic hoops before cargoes can set sail, according to Gustavo Idigoras, head of crop export and crushing chamber Ciara-Cec.
They include China giving final approval to Argentina’s crushing plants, which should happen next month, and inclusion of meal on China’s customs register, which could take five months, Idigoras said……more here
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