New grain law reporting requirement causes issues

China’s new law for tracking and reporting grain sales has been causing some problems during the winter wheat harvest. On April 1, a new law went into effect which requires much stricter record-keeping for grain sales. This is a relatively broad law covering not only state stockpilers, but also private companies such as feed companies, traders, brokers, processors, and importers. The companies must collect information for their transactions, including the date, variety, quantity, and quality ind...

 

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