date:Feb 01, 2013
State-owned commodity trading companies are still waiting for China to announce its import quotas for the year.
China's efforts to produce enough to feed an increasingly affluent population of 1.3 billion people have become a growing concern for the global grains market, as any spike in its imports could cause global supply shocks.
To calm markets, Chinese officials have stressed that its import volumes remain just a tiny proportion of total consumption. Chen said China's rice imports amount