09 Ministry of Agriculture, China's state-owned enterprise group "Agricultural Development in China" in between the pillars and signed a Memorandum of Understanding and the expansion of agricultural exports from Japan to China

09 Ministry of Agriculture, China's state-owned enterprise group "Agricultural Development in China" in between the pillars and signed a Memorandum of Understanding and the expansion of agricultural exports from Japan to China. Tsutsui Nobutaka Deputy Agriculture Minister to visit China, said to reporters, indicated its intention to expand to 20 million tonnes in rice exports to China at an early stage.

Memorandum, the group said, "agricultural products including rice from Japan, actively seek to increase food imports," and clearly. Also, when you create a food safety standards of the Chinese population, supported by the ministry, may be incorporated together.

Plan to grow rice exports to China Ministry of Agriculture, the agricultural policy debate on trade liberalization on the defensive stand that "turnaround" The idea is to make an impression. Pacific Partnership Agreements (TPP) If the tariff elimination on agricultural products such as mutual participation "for domestic agricultural products with high quality and safety, but rather an opportunity for export expansion" is also the view of some of the farming industry.

However, according to ministry statistics, the price of domestic rice from China four? Five times, you can penetrate the Chinese market, where the unknown. And increasing demand for rapid economic growth in the wealthy, although rice was exported to China in 2009 only 30 tons. There are reports that about one-third remained unsold and 90 tons were exported out of the 08-year peak.

Agriculture Minister Michihiko Kano is "offensive agricultural policy," hammered out, and has set the target level to 17 trillion yen per year to 4454 billion in agricultural exports in 2009. To that end, efforts to strengthen domestic agriculture first, I think I should strengthen the feet. [Mina] 行友

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