The following is excerpted from the 16 April 2013 news release by Agriculture Canada.
Canadian canola producers and exporters will have expanded access to the lucrative Chinese market, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and International Trade Minister Ed Fast announced today. China has approved an additional oilseed crushing facility to begin accepting exports of Canadian canola seed. This new expansion will increase opportunities for sales in a market that bought over $1.9 billion of canola seed to the Canadian economy in 2012…
Since 2009, exports of Canadian canola seed to China have been impacted by import restrictions related to blackleg. Canada and the Canadian canola industry have been working continuously with China to better understand the science and the efficacy of new risk mitigation measures that could be implemented to manage blackleg risks and in turn reduce impacts on trade….
This news release is available in its entirety at: http://www.agr.gc.ca/cb/index_e.php?s1=n&s2=2013&page=n130416&src=hp.