date:Jan 02, 2014
llion tonnes in 2012 compared with the previous year, according to the General Administration of Customs.
To keep the staple food supply and demand in balance, the Chinese government set a new goal earlier this week that it must maintain a self-sufficiency rate of 95 per cent for grains, including rice, wheat and corn. For rice and wheat, the self-sufficiency rate should be even higher to ensure absolute safety of the domestic food supply.
However, the nation's surging wheat imports have cause