date:Jan 02, 2014
in a relatively surplus position in the world market, Li said. The slightly lower self-sufficiency rate and higher wheat imports do not mean that the country's grain security is being threatened by declining domestic wheat output, he said.
Higher Domestic Prices
Pushed by fixed government minimum purchase prices, soaring labour and fertiliser costs, the price of Chinese wheat is set higher than international prices, said Ding Lixin, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences