China halts shipments from Canada’s biggest canola exporter amid rising tensions
Richardson International, Canada’s largest exporter of canola, says it has become a target in the escalating political dispute between Ottawa and Beijing after China revoked its authorization to export the crop to its vast market.
Sometime during December, Richardson received a notice alleging that it and other Canadian exporters had been shipping vessels of canola to China that included “prohibited pests,” or weed seeds, Ruest said. “But then on Friday March 1 we were advised by the Canadian government that it had been advised that our status as an authorized Canadian exporter was being revoked by China,” Ruest said. “China is alleging, notwithstanding those Canadian inspections, that weed seeds continue to be present in our shipments.”
“It’s a significant part of our business and obviously we’ll have to find other outlets for our product,” he said. “This is an issue much larger than Richardson so we have to hope and expect that our government is going to take all the steps required to address the situation forcefully. These are early days and we’ll see how things progress but we are obviously very disappointed with the situation.
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