Richardson International and Viterra Inc. can once again export canola to China.
Trade Minister Mary Ng and Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau issued a joint statement on May 18 signaling exports of Canadian canola to China can restart.
“Canada has been advised that China has reinstated access to its market for two Canadian companies that China Customs had suspended from exporting canola seed to China since March 2019,” the ministers said in their statement. “We welcome this decision to remove the restrictions and immediately reinstate the two companies to allow them to export Canadian canola seeds.”
China suspended the licenses from those two companies alleging pests in shipments.
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