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Vegetable Supply Increases in October, Prices Fall Year-on-Year
According to monitoring by the Ministry of Agriculture's Vegetable Production Information Network, vegetable supply in October increased both year-on-year and month-on-month. Farm-gate wholesale prices of vegetables fell year-on-year but rose month-on-month. November marks the beginning of the off-season for vegetable production, and vegetable supply is expected to remain basically stable, with prices rising steadily. In October, vegetable
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2015 Grain Import Quota Volume Officially Announced
According to the "Interim Measures for the Administration of Import Tariff Quotas for Agricultural Products" (Order No. 4 of 2003 of the Ministry of Commerce and the National Development and Reform Commission), the 2015 grain import tariff quota volume, application conditions and allocation principles are hereby announced as follows: I. Quota Volume 2015 Grain
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In 2014, grain purchases by grain enterprises exceeded 700 billion jin for the first time
Ren Zhengxiao, director of the National Food Administration, revealed on the 8th that in the whole of 2014, grain purchases by all types of grain enterprises exceeded 700 billion jin for the first time, with the total reaching 729.8 billion jin, an increase of 40.9 billion jin year on year. Ren Zhengxiao made the above remarks at the national grain circulation work conference held there.
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Sinograin's total grain auction volume reached 52.15 million tons last year
The latest report from Sinograin (China Grain Reserves Corporation) shows that as of the end of December last year, Sinograin had completed a cumulative policy-related grain auction transaction volume of 52.15 million tons, 1.43 times that of the same period of the previous year, and accelerated the outbound delivery speed of sold grain. As for the coming year, Sinograin will accelerate the formulation of a 5-year
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Grandparent stock imports of white-feathered broilers to continue decreasing by 10% in 2015
January 8, 2015 marks the 1st anniversary of the founding of the White-Feathered Broiler Alliance. The Alliance once again convened a special meeting on grandparent stock imports to jointly discuss the healthy development of the white-feathered broiler industry. Alliance President Li Jinghui analyzed the industry's situation and the difficulties it faces, and proposed continuing to implement the reduction plan.
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It Is Not a Fact That China's Rice Imports Doubled, Ministry of Commerce Refutes the Rumor
In response to recent reports claiming that China's rice imports grew severalfold last year, Ministry of Commerce spokesperson Shen Danyang refuted the claim on the 29th: this claim is simply not a fact, and saying so carries a hint of wishing the world were in chaos. Shen Danyang made the remarks at the Ministry of Commerce's regular
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China's national forest product import and export trade volume reached 138 billion USD in 2014
The reporter recently learned from the State Forestry Administration that in 2014 the national forest product import and export trade volume reached 138 billion USD, an increase of 9.5 percent over the previous year, and China has become a major country in the production and trade of forest products. It is reported that in 2014 the national forestry industry achieved a total output value of 5.26 trillion yuan, an increase of 11.1 percent over the previous year. Among this, the output value of wood and bamboo processing and product manufacturing, and of economic forest product planting and harvesting, both exceeded 1 trillion yuan. The forestry output value of Guangdong, Shandong, Fujian, Guangxi, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and other provinces all exceeded 300 billion yuan. Zhang Jianlong, deputy director of the State Forestry Administration, said that in 2015 the focus will be on developing characteristic economic forests, forest tourism and forestry leisure services, flowers and seedlings and other industries, supporting the development of strategic emerging industries such as biomass energy, biomaterials and biopharmaceuticals, and accelerating the development of woody oil industries such as oil tea and walnut.
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China's soybean imports in January up 17% year-on-year
Monthly statistics released by the General Administration of Customs of China show that in January 2015 China's soybean imports rose to 6.9 million tonnes, higher than 5.9 million tonnes in the same period last year, a year-on-year increase of about 17%. The report shows that in January China imported 28,000 tonnes of soybeans from Brazil, lower than the previous year
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Large volumes of corn flowing to state purchasing enterprises, market anomaly may persist
The corn market trend in 2014 has textbook-style demonstrative significance for 2015, and has had a major impact on the procurement models and inventory strategies of farmers, trading enterprises and grain-using enterprises in the 2015 market. In 2014, the domestic corn market experienced dramatic fluctuations, showing
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Sharp increase in grain imports heightens food security concerns
On one hand, grain production has increased for eleven consecutive years; on the other, grain imports have hit a record high. Yesterday, Zhang Hongyu, director of the Department of Rural Economic Management of the Ministry of Agriculture, pointed out at the China Center for International Economic Exchanges' "Economic Monthly Talk" that last year China's imported soybeans and grains accounted for 10
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