Today’s announcement that canola producers will be supported during uncertainty is welcomed news for the canola sector. While market access issues continue to block canola exports to China, Canada’s single largest export to that market, early action to support growers will help until the issues are resolved and canola markets are diversified.
As days have turned into weeks and a Canadian delegation has not yet been accepted by China, the Canola Council of Canada (CCC) is calling on the Government of Canada to consider all available options to resume seed trade with China.
Demand for high quality oil and protein remains strong in China, and Canada remains a reliable and sustainable supplier of food for China. China is an important market for Canada’s canola industry, as approximately 40% of our exports of canola and canola products go to China. News about blocked exports hurts the whole value chain.
At the Canadian Crops Convention in Montreal, the Canola Council of Canada met with Canada’s Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister, Marie-Claude Bibeau and with Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland to stress the importance and urgency of responding to China’s decision to restrict imports of Canadian canola from one company amid concerns about certain pests.
The Government of Canada working group on canola held its inaugural meeting to work together to resolve the market access issue affecting Canada's canola seed exports to China.
Today’s announcement of a canola working group to resolve market access concerns related to trade with China is welcomed by the Canola Council.
Today in Winnipeg the Canola Council brought together representatives of the canola value chain to discuss what’s required to resolve challenges facing our canola seed exports to China.
The Canola Council of Canada (CCC) is providing an update on market access challenges affecting all canola seed exports to China.
Charlene Bradley has been elected the new Chair of the Board of Directors for the Canola Council of Canada (CCC). Bradley is vice-chair of SaskCanola. She succeeds David Dzisiak who finished his two-year term as chair and is stepping down from the board as a director.
A high level political dialogue in Beijing has set the stage for farmers’ ability to adopt new seed innovation. The Canola Council of Canada (CCC) was in Beijing monitoring the Economic and Financial Strategic Dialogue co-chaired by Minister of Finance Bill Morneau and Minister of International Trade Diversification Jim Carr. The Dialogue set a goal of doubling agricultural trade by 2025 and resulted in both countries committing to timely approval processes for biotechnology products.