Argentina to Double Wheat
Harvest
BUENOS AIRES - Argentina plans to produce
this year about 14 million tons of wheat
which would nearly double the previous
harvest, Minister of Agriculture Julian
Dominguez predicted on Friday.
Dominguez also told to public television
that he the hopes that 2010 may exceed 100
million tons of grains, with a record of
productivity and not just in soybeans.
The Ministry of Agriculture seeks to achieve
a progressive direct balance between crops
of corn, wheat and other alternative
products, which are gaining ground on the
Argentinean advance of "soybean production"
field, Dominguez explained.
Argentina will bet to produce 150 million
tonnes of grain in the next few years, "but
first we should plan the future," Dominguez
warned.
In this regard, Dominguez highlighted the
importance of Food Strategic Plan, which
will be completing the overall presentation
of proposals in 2011.
The Minister also announced that it began to
standardize the marketing of soybean oil
with China, which began to release some
shipments destined for the Asian countries.
The PRC halted in early April the import of
this product from Argentina alleging that it
does not meet phytosanitary standards set by
the World Trade Organization.
Argentina, through its Foreign Ministry,
expressed concern about the measure and
stressed that it affects primary product
exports to that country, causing losses of
over one 1,600,000 dollars in the trade
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