The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) announced recently that in October of last year, the Shenzhen port had detected MIR162 genetically modified components that had not been approved by the Ministry of Agriculture of China from a ship imported into the United States. As of June 16 this year, the nation’s entry-exit inspection and quarantine agencies totaled 1.255 million. The imported MIR162 genetically modified components detected in tons of imported US corn and its products were returned in accordance with the law. (CCTV reporter Li Jingjing)
Maize and products containing the MIR162 genetically modified components are still returned. On June 30, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine held a press conference. Lu Chunming, deputy director of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, announced that in less than a year, China has detected MIR162 genetically modified components in 12.25 million tons of imported US corn and its products, and returned them for processing.
Officially announced that in October 2013, the genetically modified component was detected at the Shenzhen port. Until today, because the MIR162 GM was still not approved by the Ministry of Agriculture, the inspection and quarantine authorities at various ports were still required to “return or dispose of unapproved genetically modified organisms once imported into the agricultural productsâ€.
For the same reason, in the last two months of last year, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) returned the United States three times to export corn to the United States. The total amount exceeds 720,000 tons. According to customs data, in 2013, China's corn imports totaled 3.265 million tons. Return shipments accounted for 22.1% of total imports.
Of course, these three return shipments accounted for 57.5% of the total return shipments. This has also affected the import of corn. In 2013, total corn imports from China decreased by 37% year-on-year. Among them, the volume of return shipments increased from 60,000 tons to 546,000 tons, and the weight of the retired increases successively, and the port inspection and quarantine authorities involved also increased.
Regarding the attitude of genetic modification, Chinese official positions have always demanded "prudence." MIR162 genetically modified components contain insect-resistant genes. Developed by Swiss Syngenta. The technology was approved for cultivation in the United States, Canada, Brazil, and Argentina. Japan, South Korea, the European Union, and other places have approved imports.
Based on prudence, it has been more than four years since March 2010 when Syngenta submitted its application for the entry of GM maize MIR162. In December 2013, Bi Meijia, chief economist of the Ministry of Agriculture and spokesman of the Ministry of Agriculture, responded that the safety certificate for imported processing materials used by Syngenta was being reviewed.
The reason is that the "relevant materials and experimental data provided by Syngenta many times have not been complete and there are some problems," and the Ministry of Agriculture requires them to "supplement materials and experimental data." The November 2013 application is currently under review.
However, in accordance with the "Regulations on the Administration of Imports of Agricultural Genetically Modified Organisms", the Ministry of Agriculture shall make a decision on approval or disapproval within 270 days from the date of receipt of the applicant's application and notify the applicant. This means that Syngenta will be notified in July and August for approval.
Driven by the comparative benefits, corn planting area has increased in recent years. The output also increases. In 2012, corn production surpassed rice for the first time and became China's largest food crop variety. Despite this, it is still unable to meet the huge market demand. Import has become a natural choice.
Most of the corn imported from China comes from the United States. Mainly genetically modified corn. Wang Zhongqiang, a special economic analyst at Xinhua News Agency, told reporters that in fact, China does not exclude the import of genetically modified corn, but it must pass a security review. To approve the MIR162 GM corn, "the factors of foreign trade have to be considered."
Wang Zhongqiang said that due to the inversion of domestic corn prices, China is at a low price for the international community. Will continue to attract Chinese buyers to purchase US corn. This makes it possible to approve whether it is not only the price difference between domestic and foreign corn production and demand, but also comprehensive consideration of intellectual property rights, international trade and other factors.
It is worth noting that in order to avoid over-reliance on individual countries, China has also begun to seek diversification of import channels while China has successively shipped US corn back. In 2011, the only countries that exported more than 10,000 tons of corn to China were the United States, Laos, and Myanmar. In 2013, Argentina and Ukraine also joined this list.
In April this year, China and Brazil signed an agreement to import Brazilian corn. Brazil is the second largest maize exporter in the world. The Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture predicts that China will eventually import up to 10 million tons of corn each year. This also means that in 2012, the time when China imported more than 98% of the corn from the United States will gradually become the past. (First Financial Daily Shao Haipeng)
Original title: China returned 12.52 million tons of U.S. genetically modified corn and products
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