China to Inspect Argentine Soy Crush Plants The Argentine agriculture secretary’s chief of staff has indicated a Chinese delegation will begin a visit to Argentina on 18 August. The objective of the trip, which is scheduled to last two weeks, is to inspect the soybean processing plants of eight firms to determine whether the soymeal produced would meet Chinese standards for importation. The Argentine government has long sought China as an export market for soymeal because that country is the world’s largest consumer. While it has thus far not been able to achieve that goal, there is hope this will change once the inspections are completed. It will be somewhat surprising if China does allow such imports, which would result in a...

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