Brazilian government and industry officials involved in soybean trade will meet on Monday to discuss new rules on soybean exports to China, the Brazilian agriculture minister said.
China, the world's top soy buyer, earlier this month began to reject soybean cargoes from Brazil, saying they were tainted with fungicide.
Brazilian Agriculture Minister Roberto Rodrigues, who went to China prior to arriving in Japan last Thursday, told reporters that the issue with China had yet to be resolved.
"Today, Monday, there will be a meeting in Brazil...everybody involved in the situation, to discuss the new rules that we are going to adopt facing this circumstance in China," he said.
Separately, an industry source said on Monday that China rejected a third soy cargo from Brazil over the weekend saying it was contaminated with a chemical known as carboxin.
China imported 6.1 million tonnes of Brazilian soybeans in 2003.
"During my visit to China, what I said on behalf of the Brazilian government is that we are sorry...and we will do our best in order to avoid a repetition of...mixing of...treated seeds with normal grains," the minister said
Rodrigues said that when he left Brazil for his trip to Asia there were 28 ships carrying soybean cargoes bound for China.
The Brazilian government was only aware of one cargo being rejected by China due to traces of fungicide, he said.
Rodrigues is in Japan until Tuesday to meet industry and government officials to discuss trade issues.
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