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</span><h1 class="" itemprop="name headline"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">China Rejecting GMO Corn from <a href="http://U.S.as">U.S.as</a> First Shipment From Ukraine Arrives</span></h1><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
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<span class="">January 06, 2014</span></span>
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</span><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">China continued to reject corn
cargoes from the U.S. that contained an unapproved genetically
modified variety while accepting a first bulk-carrier shipment
of the grain from Ukraine. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Genetically modified corn and corn-derived products
totaling 601,000 metric tons were rejected in 2013, the official
Xinhua News Agency reported today, citing the General
Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and
Quarantine. A Panamax-sized shipment of non-genetically modified
corn from Ukraine entered the country on Dec. 6, according to a
statement dated Dec. 25 on the website of state-owned China
National Complete Engineering Corp. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The quarantine agency�s newest figure cited by Xinhua was
56,000 tons more than it announced on Dec. 19, showing the
government�s continued screening of U.S. corn and and dried
distillers� grains, or DDGS, for the unapproved insect resistanr
MIR 162 gene. Net corn sales to China from the U.S. in the seven
days through Dec. 26 dropped by 116,000 tons from the previous
week, according to a report on the website of U.S. Department of
Agriculture. </span></p><div class="">
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-01-03/what-gmo-free-cheerios-means-for-cereal-rivals"><span class="">Story: </span>Can GMO-Free Cheerios Fix Cereal&#39;s Soggy Sales?</a></span>
</div><p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">China National Complete Engineering carries out overseas
engineering projects, often funded by Chinese government,
according to its website. It began to market grain from Ukraine
last year under a contract that became effective December 2012,
according to the Dec. 25 statement. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">China�s Ministry of Agriculture said in May 2012 the
country agreed to finance $3 billion worth agriculture projects
in Ukraine in exchange for terms including rights to sell
Ukrainian farm products. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Ukraine may export 18 million tons of corn in 2013-2014,
tying it with Argentina as the third-biggest supplier behind the
U.S. and Brazil, the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast in
December. </span></p><p><i><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">To contact Bloomberg News staff for this story:
William Bi in Beijing at 
<a href="mailto:wbi@bloomberg.net">wbi@bloomberg.net</a> </span></i></p><p><i><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Brett Miller at 
<a href="mailto:bmiller30@bloomberg.net">bmiller30@bloomberg.net</a> </span></i></p><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div>
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