June 15, 2004

15 More Companies Banned From Selling Brazil Soybeans To China

The Chinese quarantine authority has added another 15 companies to the blacklist of trading houses that are temporarily banned from selling Brazilian soybeans to the country, citing again cargo contamination, according to a statement on the government agency's Web site.
 
China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, or AQSIQ, posted a statement Monday afternoon saying the two latest Brazilian soybean cargoes that arrived at the ports of Xiamen and Shenzhen in Southern China were found to be contaminated by red fungicide-tainted seeds known to be harmful to humans.
 
Out of concerns for consumer health, AQSIQ said 15 more companies are now temporarily banned from selling any Brazilian soybean to China, bringing the number of such blacklisted trading houses to 23.
 
These 15 companies are Bunge Agribusiness Singapore Pte. Ltd.; Adubos Moema Industria E Comercio Ltda.; Allicorp Trading E Comercio Exterior S/A; Bunge Limentos S/A; Coamo Agroindustrial Cooperativa; Cocari Cooperativa Agropecuaria E Industrial; Cooperativa Agroindustrial Lar; Cooperativa Agropecuaria Castrolanda; Cooperativa Mista Agropecuaria Do Brasil-Coopermibra; Fertimourao Agricola Ltda.; Glencore Importadora E Exportadora S/A; Lavora Industria, Comercio Oeste S.A.; Peron Ferrari S/A; Comercio De Cereais, Sementes Guerra Ltda.; and Sumitomo Corporation Do Brasil S.A.
 
For other-origin soybean cargoes from these 15 companies that were shipped before June 14 and are en route to China, the quarantine authority will still allow them to enter the country provided the cargoes comply with quarantine rules, the statement said.
 
Those eight companies banned earlier are Cargill International S/A; Libero Trading S/A; Louis Dreyfus Asia Pte.; ADM do Brasil Ltda.; Noble Grain Pte Ltd.; Cargill Agricola S/A; Irmaos Trevisan S/A- Ind Com, E Agricultura; and Bianchini S/A Industria.