China and Brazil Agree to Ease Soybean Sanitary Requirements

Chinese and Brazilian authorities came to an agreement that will likely bring relief to the trade of soybeans between both countries, after a number of cargoes failed to pass sanitary inspections, according to a document by Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry.

“Chinese authorities understood and accepted that a zero-tolerance standard for the presence of weeds will not be applied to soybean shipments imported from Brazil,” Brazilian officials wrote in a Friday document.