China grants Russia right to supply corn and rice from all regions

BEIJING. Dec 19 (Interfax) - Russia and China have signed an addendum to amend the protocol on phytosanitary requirements for corn, rice, soybeans, and rapeseed.

Sergei Dankvert, head of Russia's Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor), and Yu Jianhua, head of China's General Administration of Customs, have signed the document.

Rosselkhoznadzor said that the amendments grant Russian enterprises the right to begin supplying corn and rice from all of Russia's regions. Exports are currently limited to the Primorsk, Transbaikal, and Khabarovsk territories, as well as the Amur Region and the Jewish Autonomous Region.

Meanwhile, the main producers of these crops are located in the European part of the country.

The respective parties have also signed a protocol on veterinary and sanitary requirements for feed for non-productive livestock exported from Russia to China.