The Agriculture Ministry in China has announced its decision to extend its interim GMO import rules.

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The interim rules were put in place after China’s original GMO rules disrupted the US$1bn a year Sino-US soybean trade.


Due to expire on 20 December this year, the interim rules will now continue to 20 September 2003, reported Reuters.

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