Prohibited pests in Brazilian soybean meal on the way to China have been defined

The Brazilian Secretary of Agricultural Defense has already presented the protocol of phytosanitary requirements for the emergency export of soybean meal from Brazil to China.

According to the document to which AgroPages had access, the product to be sent cannot contain quarantine pests in the Asian country, among them Callosobruchus maculatus, Zabrotes subfasciatus, and Solenopsis invicta.

According to the draft presented to Brazilian representatives of the grain sector, the soy derivative cannot be contaminated with other pests and seeds of quarantined plants, as well as animal residues or carcasses, bird feathers, soil, and GMOs not approved by Beijing.

Government sources confirmed that there is a possibility that Brazil will ship the first batch of soy and corn meal to China later this year.

Initially, the agreement between the two countries was that shipments would start in the 2022-2023 crop, which has not yet been planted in Brazil, but the Chinese warned Brazilian authorities that they needed the product beforehand due to the shortage of supply on the world market.

To meet this demand, Brazil needs to comply with the technical requirements demanded by China, informed one of those involved in the negotiation.

According to him, the Chinese government has already issued licenses for companies to export corn from Brazil, and Brazilian companies have until August 19 to express interest in exporting the cereal to China with Brazilian MAPA (Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Supply), which will carry out the evaluation of the units and then grant the authorization.

According to Executive Director of the Brazilian Association of Corn Producers (Abramilho), Glauber Silveira, ″If China buys soybean meal, we will be able to increase crushing capacity.″

According to him, China is increasingly concerned with guaranteeing the supply of pork, poultry, and egg production.
″You must have soybean and corn meal. China is getting ahead of itself, even more so now with the tension with the United States, from whom they bought soy and had an agreement for corn, and with the issue of the [war in] Ukraine. Here in Brazil, we have stability as an exporter,″ he said in conclusion.

(Editing by Leonardo Gottems, reporter for AgroPages)