Brazil to export corn to China in 2022: Abramilho

China has agreed to waive some requirements from the phytosanitary agreement signed with Brazil to allow corn exports this year, which will be harvested during the 2021-22 season, Brazilian association of corn producers (Abramilho) director Glauber Silveira told Argus.

The group was informed of China's decision during a meeting this morning in Brasilia with the ministry of agriculture and grain exporting companies. Trading firms must now seek accreditation with Chinese authorities. The documentation must be submitted by 19 August.

Brazil signed an agreement with China in May over sanitary requirements related to grain imports, such as updating quarantine rules. The agreement originally provided for exports to begin in the 2022-23 season, but on 25 July the minister of agriculture Marcos Montes said that the agreement was being revisited amid expectations of a record winter corn crop.

The ministry of agriculture and the national association of cereal exporters (Anec) have not yet commented on the matter.

By Alessandra Mello