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China approves imports of DuPont Pioneer soybean variety

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China has approved imports of a genetically modified DuPont Pioneer soybean variety, the company said on Monday, confirming the last of three expected approvals of biotech US crops from different seed companies.

DuPont Pioneer received "official notice of the new approval" for a Plenish soybean product, engineered to produce a healthier type of soybean oil, a spokeswoman said.

Last week, China had approved imports of US-grown Agrisure Viptera corn, developed by Swiss-based Syngenta, as well as shipments of biotech soybeans developed by Bayer CropScience.