Foreign media: China further tightens Canadian agricultural imports

On May 1, Reuters quoted the Canadian Minister of Agriculture as saying that officials of the Department told her that the Chinese government had suspended the export licenses of two Canadian pork exporters to China.

reported that Canadian Agriculture Minister Mary-Claude Bieber said that she had not received formal notification of the suspension of the permit from the Chinese side, nor had she disclosed the name of the company involved. Both pork producers are located in Quebec, the eastern province of the country, she said.

She said by telephone: "We must investigate this matter."

She said: "This may be only administrative. We may be able to deal with the situation easily."

According to the website of the Wall Street Journal of the United States on May 1, Canada will provide more financial subsidies to domestic rapeseed growers affected by China's import ban. The move comes at a time when the Canadian government's concerns about other restrictions on Canadian agricultural products are growing. They also said that they intend to send a trade delegation focusing on rapeseed to Japan and Korea to promote their own rapeseed in order to compensate for the loss of export to China. In 2018, Canadian rapeseed exports to China totaled C$2.7 billion (C$1, about 5 RMB), accounting for a quarter of Canadian rapeseed exports. "We recognize the challenges posed by uncertainty in the rapeseed market and the importance of China's restrictions on imports of Canadian rapeseed," said Jim Carr, Canada's trade minister.

It is reported that China has revoked two of Canada's largest rapeseed processing enterprises'export licenses to China, including Canon Cocoa, on the grounds that their products were contaminated during transportation.