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March 11, 2013

11/03/2013: Ukraine to export millions of tons of grain to China in 2013; EU: Feed contaminated with Aflatoxin

Under the terms of a loan agreement between the Export-Import Bank of China and the State Food and Grain Corporation of Ukraine, Ukraine plans to export 4 million tons of grain to China in 2013.

The contract between Ukraine and China, which was signed in July 2012, stipulated the supply of Ukrainian grain during the period of 15 years. 

The volume of annual grain exported to China will be determined by the supply plan, bringing the absolute delivery volume up to 6 million tons per calendar year. 

Out of 4 million tons which are to be exported to China in 2013, 2 million tons will be purchased directly on Ukrainian market while the remaining 2 million tons will be procured through forward contracts.



Authorities in the Netherlands and Germany are scrambling to detect and remove from circulation tonnes of feed potentially contaminated with aflatoxin, according to a recent press report . The source is presumed to be a consignment of 45,000 million tonnes of corn imported from Serbia and distributed by Toepfer. 

Approximately 10,000 tonnes of the suspect batch was distributed to 13 feed mills in Northern Germany resulting in delivery of feed to 4,000 farms in Lower Saxony and numerous small operations in seven other states. Product was also shipped to the Netherlands where trace-forward is in progress.         


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