Aunque quedó solucionado el conflicto en los puertos, las exportaciones argentinas siguen en problemas
Compradores chinos cancelarían cargamentos aceite soja argentina
jueves 1 de abril de 2010
PEKIN, abr 1 (Reuters) - Compradores chinos deberán cancelar casi todos los cargamentos argentinos de aceite de soja, unas 200.000 toneladas mensuales entre mayo y julio, por las represalias de China contra las medidas anti-dumping de Argentina a sus productos, estimaron operadores y analistas.
Los compradores habían reservado entre 200.000 y 250.000 toneladas de aceite de soja cada mes para ser importadas durante esos tres meses que en su mayoría procederían de Argentina, el principal vendedor mundial del producto.
"Creemos que la mayoría de los compradores debe cancelar, pero algunas compañías estatales aún están coordinando con las autoridades del Gobierno debido a que ésto vino sin previo aviso", dijo un ejecutivo que declinó ser identificado.
Las compañías chinas fueron convocadas a una reunión de emergencia el miércoles y fueron instadas a no importar aceite de soja desde Argentina como una medida de represalia contra el país, que lanzó impuestos anti-dumping e investigaciones contra varios productos chinos, incluyendo calzado, tuberías de acero e inflamables.
Funcionarios de la agencia de cuarentena de China dijeron a los participantes en la reunión que desde el 1 de abril las autoridades locales implementarán "estrictamente" el estándar chino en la inspección de las importaciones de aceite de soja crudo desde Argentina, que actualmente no cumple con el estándar.
"No tenemos claro por cuanto tiempo se extenderá la situación. Si dura de cinco a seis meses, definitivamente impulsará las importaciones de aceite de palma" dijo el ejecutivo que se sumó a la reunión del miércoles.
Pero las reservas actuales de aceite de palma de China aún son elevadas y se ubican cerca de niveles récord de 600.000 toneladas, dijo el ejecutivo.
El bloqueo a las importaciones de aceite de soja argentino podría no llevar a un repunte inmediato de la soja debido a que su venta en la actualidad ha sido golpeada por brotes de enfermedad porcina.
Las importaciones de aceite de soja de Brasil, otro de los principales exportadores mundiales, no serán interrumpidas, dijeron operadores.
(Reporte de Niu Shuping y Tom Miles; editado en español por Hernán García)
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jueves, 1 de abril de 2010
jueves, 12 de noviembre de 2009
Artificial weather
Artificial rain -or in this case snow- is usually mentioned as a way to improve agriculture production, or mitigate the randomness of weather. China as usual moves ahead, but the results are questioned.
Chinese Debate Creation Of Artificial Snow Over Beijing
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Scientists in China refueled the debate over the practice of tinkering with Mother Nature by artificially inducing the second major snowstorm to wreak havoc in Beijing this season, AFP reported.
The National Meteorological Center said the earliest snow to hit the capital in 22 years fell on the first of November and the capital was again shrouded in white Tuesday with more snow expected in the coming three days.
The Beijing Weather Modification Office had artificially induced both storms by seeding clouds with chemicals, a practice that can increase precipitation by up to 20 percent, according to The China Daily, which cited an unnamed official.
On Tuesday, an official had said the storm was "natural."
Such methods are aimed at alleviating a drought over much of north China -- including Beijing -- that has lingered for more than a decade, city weather officials reported.
Meanwhile, many residents of Beijing have complained about the flight delays, traffic snarls, cancelled classes and other inconveniences of a surprise snowstorm.
Most agree that officials could warn them if they are planning to toy with the clouds.
The paper reported that beyond the day-to-day hassles, experts said the weather manipulation had other undesirable side effects in the longer term.
Xiao Gang, a professor in the Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, told the paper that no one could tell how much weather manipulation will change the sky.
"We should not depend too much on artificial measures to get rain or snow, because there are too many uncertainties up in the sky," he said.
The more than 5,500 tons of erosive snow-melting chloride used on city roads Tuesday -- nearly half the annual allotment -- could erode steel structures of buildings, according to Zhao Nan, a Beijing engineer, was quoted in The China Daily.
The paper cited official statistics that showed the snow-melting agent was responsible for killing 10,000 trees in Beijing and decimating 2.15 million square feet of grassland in 2005.
State press reports said that despite a massive effort to clear the capital of snow that involved over 15,000 workers, many roads remained blocked, while highways into Beijing and in neighboring Hebei and Shanxi provinces were shut down.
Chinese Debate Creation Of Artificial Snow Over Beijing
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Scientists in China refueled the debate over the practice of tinkering with Mother Nature by artificially inducing the second major snowstorm to wreak havoc in Beijing this season, AFP reported.
The National Meteorological Center said the earliest snow to hit the capital in 22 years fell on the first of November and the capital was again shrouded in white Tuesday with more snow expected in the coming three days.
The Beijing Weather Modification Office had artificially induced both storms by seeding clouds with chemicals, a practice that can increase precipitation by up to 20 percent, according to The China Daily, which cited an unnamed official.
On Tuesday, an official had said the storm was "natural."
Such methods are aimed at alleviating a drought over much of north China -- including Beijing -- that has lingered for more than a decade, city weather officials reported.
Meanwhile, many residents of Beijing have complained about the flight delays, traffic snarls, cancelled classes and other inconveniences of a surprise snowstorm.
Most agree that officials could warn them if they are planning to toy with the clouds.
The paper reported that beyond the day-to-day hassles, experts said the weather manipulation had other undesirable side effects in the longer term.
Xiao Gang, a professor in the Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, told the paper that no one could tell how much weather manipulation will change the sky.
"We should not depend too much on artificial measures to get rain or snow, because there are too many uncertainties up in the sky," he said.
The more than 5,500 tons of erosive snow-melting chloride used on city roads Tuesday -- nearly half the annual allotment -- could erode steel structures of buildings, according to Zhao Nan, a Beijing engineer, was quoted in The China Daily.
The paper cited official statistics that showed the snow-melting agent was responsible for killing 10,000 trees in Beijing and decimating 2.15 million square feet of grassland in 2005.
State press reports said that despite a massive effort to clear the capital of snow that involved over 15,000 workers, many roads remained blocked, while highways into Beijing and in neighboring Hebei and Shanxi provinces were shut down.
jueves, 22 de octubre de 2009
Jim Rogers senior consultant at Dalian
Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Investor Jim Rogers took a “senior consultant” position with China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange because he is “excited” about the exchange’s efforts to grow.
“I expect China to become the commodity trading center of the world once they open their currency and open their economy,” Rogers said by phone from Dalian, in northeastern Liaoning province today. “I’m keen on all the three exchanges but I’m excited about what they’re doing in Dalian.”
Rogers, who is chairman of Singapore-based Rogers Holdings, said he also had discussions with the Shanghai Futures Exchange and the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange, adding Dalian was the city he would want to live in if he was in China.
Rogers was hired as a “senior consultant,” the exchange said in an e-mailed statement yesterday. The exchange was China’s largest commodity derivatives market in terms of volume in the first half, and trades contracts including soybeans, soybean oil, palm oil and soybean meal.
Dalian may introduce energy, coking coal and live-hog futures contracts to spur trading volume, exchange president, Liu Xingqiang, said in an Oct. 12 interview.
The bourse also aims to “be more than just agricultural or energy-oriented,” Liu said. “We’re working on products that can be traded more easily as investments; that are more financial in nature. It will be a global exchange,” Liu said.
--Li Xiaowei. Editors: Richard Dobson, Jake Lloyd-Smith.
To contact the Bloomberg News staff on this story: Li Xiaowei in Shanghai at Xli12@bloomberg.net
“I expect China to become the commodity trading center of the world once they open their currency and open their economy,” Rogers said by phone from Dalian, in northeastern Liaoning province today. “I’m keen on all the three exchanges but I’m excited about what they’re doing in Dalian.”
Rogers, who is chairman of Singapore-based Rogers Holdings, said he also had discussions with the Shanghai Futures Exchange and the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange, adding Dalian was the city he would want to live in if he was in China.
Rogers was hired as a “senior consultant,” the exchange said in an e-mailed statement yesterday. The exchange was China’s largest commodity derivatives market in terms of volume in the first half, and trades contracts including soybeans, soybean oil, palm oil and soybean meal.
Dalian may introduce energy, coking coal and live-hog futures contracts to spur trading volume, exchange president, Liu Xingqiang, said in an Oct. 12 interview.
The bourse also aims to “be more than just agricultural or energy-oriented,” Liu said. “We’re working on products that can be traded more easily as investments; that are more financial in nature. It will be a global exchange,” Liu said.
--Li Xiaowei. Editors: Richard Dobson, Jake Lloyd-Smith.
To contact the Bloomberg News staff on this story: Li Xiaowei in Shanghai at Xli12@bloomberg.net
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