Chinese importers are unwilling to purchase Canadian canola seed at the moment, the group that represents the industry in Canada says. Earlier this month, Chinese customs authorities revoked the sales licence for a major Canadian canola supplier, Richardson International. Canada's minister of agriculture, Marie-Claude Bibeau, says China only recently agreed to have scientists assess the claim that they have found organisms in Canadian canola. "Canola seed exporters report that Chinese importers are unwilling to purchase Canadian canola seed at this time." About 40 per cent of Canada's canola seed exports last year went to China, worth about $2.7 billion.

Source: CBC News March 22, 2019 13:07 UTC