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China’s Premier Li Keqiang and Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have announced that Canadian canola can continue to be exported to China under the current regulatory regime while officials work to finalize a long-term solution to blackleg concerns in the days and weeks ahead.

Canola oil can help Chinese consumers meet the new dietary guidelines released by the Chinese Nutrition Society 13 May 2016, said Lawrence MacAulay, Canada’s Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, at an event today celebrating a new Sino-Canadian partnership. Canola is the number two imported oilseed and number three imported cooking oil in China, which leads the world in vegetable oil consumption.

Earlier today, Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Lawrence MacAulay and Canola Council of Canada (CCC) president Patti Miller held meetings with key grain industry organizations in Tokyo, including the Japan Oilseed Processors Association (JOPA). The meetings focused on the importance of Japan as a canola customer, food security and the importance of ratifying the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement in both countries.

Today, the governments of China and Canada agreed to continue discussions on a permanent science-based solution to Chinese concerns about the disease blackleg. Canola trade will continue under current commercial terms until September 1, 2016 while further research and information sharing occurs. Dockage will continue to meet the terms of commercially negotiated contracts.

Four new members joined the Canola Council of Canada (CCC) Board of Directors for 2016/17. Chairman Brian Conn, Vice President – Canadian Oilseeds with Louis Dreyfus Commodities Canada Ltd., welcomed the new Board members at the CCC’s Annual General Meeting earlier today.

The federal government and three provincial canola grower organizations are jointly funding new agronomic research focused on sustainably and profitably increasing canola production in Canada.