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FAS China attended the annual China Pea Conference and Plant-Based Congress, which was held in Shanghai, July 2024.

Pursuant to General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China (GACC) Department of Animal and Plant Quarantine (DAPQ) requirements, exporters of “pulse crops” such as dried beans, dried peas, and lentils are required to register exporting facilities prior to product shipment.

China’s marketing year (MY) 2021/2022 (September – August) kidney bean production is estimated at 250,000 metric tons (MT), down 15 percent on lower area harvested.

On February 6, 2020, the State Council Tariff Commission announced that China would cut in half the additional tariffs for certain commodities from the United States on February 14, 2020.

China’s 2019/20 total pulse production is forecast at 4 million tons, down about 10 percent from 2018/19 due to lower area harvested and unfavorable weather in major producing provinces.

On May 13, 2019, the People’s Republic of China’s Ministry of Finance (MOF), State Council Tariff Commission (SCTC) announced that supplementary import tariffs levied on certain U.S. products....

China’s total pulse production from Marketing Year 2018/19 (October 2018 until September 2019) is forecast at 4.4 million tons, down about 5 percent from MY2017/18 due to lower harvested area.

On December 31, 2014, China’s National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) published its final rule, the National Food Safety Standard on Nut and Seed Food (GB 19300-2014).

China’s market year 2014/15 kidney bean production is forecast to increase by 20 percent to 950,000 tons based on increased acreage and higher yield.