Argentina exports soybean oil to China again

After three years, our country resumes shipments of soybean oil to the Asian giant. Import the realization of the state company Sinograin of China.

"This is a great achievement for the Argentinean agribusiness and is the product of the strengthening of bilateral relations with China."

We are recovering a market in constant growth that allows us to earn our value added exports, "said the Minister of Agribusiness, Luis Miguel Etchevehere.

Exports began with the cargo of the ship Stenaweco Elegance, which is currently carrying 29,000 tons, by the company COFCO, in the port of the town of Timbues, near the city of Rosario.

This ship is followed by others who are carrying it in the port of San Benito and in General San Martín, both in the Rosario area.

The total in this first stage will be approximately 90,000 tons with the possibility of a quarter being made as soon as possible.

It must be remembered that China had suspended imports of Argentine soybean oil since October 2015, making its purchases in other markets such as Brazil and the United States, in a context of decreasing its imports due to the process of replacing them by the local Chinese milling.

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AAICI 10 a 15 Septiembre - World Soybean Research Conference - Pabellon Oficial Argentino Savannah Estados Unidos

World Soybean Research Conference

Pabellon Oficial Argentino

Savannah, Estados Unidos

10 al 15 de Septiembre de 2017

El Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto y la Agencia Argentina de Inversiones y Comercio Internacional convocan a empresas argentinas a participar del World Soybean Research Conference Ten and the 17th Biennial Conference on the Moleculars and Cellular Biology of Soybean que se realizará del 10 al 15 de septiembre de 2017 en la ciudad de Savannah (estado de Georgia), Estados Unidos.

World Soybean Research Conference es el evento más importante del mundo para el sector sojero y se realiza cada 4 años en diferentes ciudadades de varios continentes.

La última edición se realizó en Durban, Sudáfrica.

Esta actividad proporciona una oportunidad única para vender y hacer contactos con la alta dirección, los compradores calificados y los tomadores de decisiones claves de más de 70 países, convirtiéndose en una oportunidad excepcional para promover su empresa en el mercado mundial.

El público asistente, proveniente de todas las regiones del mundo, se divide entre científicos, ingenieros, productores primarios, importadores mayoristas y minoristas, distribuidores, directores, empresarios del mundo agropecuario, gerentes de ventas y de comercialización, técnicos, expertos en maquinaria agrícola y procesadores, entre otros.

La participación en esta feria de negocios permitirá que su empresa entre en contacto en forma directa con contrapartes potencialmente interesadas en sus productos, posibilitando mejoras e innovaciones en los mismos previo a su comercialización.

En esta edición, la Argentina contará con un stand de 72m2 a disposición de las empresas que deseen exhibir productos correspondientes al sector sojero.

El stand argentino en esta feria tendrá formato de “meeting point” para ser utilizado como centro de negocios, encuentros y/o reuniones por las empresas inscriptas.

PROCEDIMIENTO DE PRE-INSCRIPCIÓN

Para participar de la feria deberá completar el formulario de inscripción.

Importante: Previamente a la inscripción deberá corroborar tener actualizados sus datos y haber completado el  Test de Diagnóstico Exportador en los últimos doce meses (si nunca participó de otras actividades con la AAICI deberá registrarse en nuestro sitio web

Fecha límite de inscripción: viernes 14 de julio de 2017.

Para cubrir los espacios disponibles se priorizará a empresas exportadoras o en condiciones de exportar que demuestren una estrategia alineada a los productos y mercados objetivos de la feria.

En caso de ser elegida para participar de la feria, la empresa será contactada por AAICI y se le remitirá la liquidación con las correspondientes instrucciones de pago, a partir de lo cual tiene un plazo de 72hs para realizarlo.

En el marco de nuestro programa de Ferias Internacionales, las empresas participantes acceden a los siguientes servicios antes, durante y después del evento:

Apoyo técnico: información comercial, perfil de mercado, listado de importadores y asesoramiento personalizado;

Apoyo logístico: armado de stand de alta calidad garantizada, coordinadores especializados, servicio de wi-fi, asistentes, accesos gratuitos, incorporación al catálogo de la feria, servicio de limpieza y de seguridad;

Garantía de la mejor relación costo-beneficio en materia de participación en ferias internacionales favoreciendo la inclusión de empresas de diversa envergadura.

Costo de participación en el Pabellón Nacional

Conforme a lo establecido en la Resolución Sepyme 21/2010, 50/2013, 11/2016 y sus modificatorias, se mantiene la adecuación al sistema de categorización de empresas según su tamaño, garantizando la igualdad de oportunidades para todas las empresas argentinas interesadas -sean micro, pequeñas, medianas o grandes-, favoreciendo su inserción estratégica en el mercado internacional:

Microempresas: USD 500.-

Empresas Pequeñas: USD 800.-

Empresas Medianas: USD 1.250.-

Empresas Grandes, Provincias, Cámaras, Traders, Brokers, Intermediarios, Comisionistas: USD 2.000.-

Los participantes deberán asumir los gastos relativos a su traslado, estadía y envío de sus productos a la Feria, así como también deberán permanecer en el stand argentino durante el transcurso de todo el evento.

Importante: Los pagos deberán hacerse en pesos teniendo en cuenta la cotización billete del Banco de la Nación Argentina para el dólar tipo vendedor, del cierre del día anterior.

Responsable de la Feria

Luciano Bertone
Agencia Argentina de Inversiones y Comercio Internacional
Tel: (011) 5236-7089
E-mail: lbertone@exportar.org.ar

Consultor Sectorial

Lucía Eusebio
Agencia Argentina de Inversiones y Comercio Internacional
Tel: (011) 5199 2263 – int 191
​E-mail: leusebio@exportar.org.ar

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USDA Scientists, Cooperators Sequence Soy Genome

Geneticist Perry Cregan and other ARS scientists are part of a team that has sequenced the majority of the soybean genome, providing an unprecedented look into how this important legume crop converts sunlight, water, carbon dioxide and nitrogen into protein and oil.

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U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are part of a team that has sequenced the majority of the soybean genome, providing an unprecedented look into how this important legume crop converts four critical ingredients—sunlight, water, carbon dioxide and nitrogen—into protein and oil, the basic building blocks for many consumer products.

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The research team from 18 federal, state, public and private organizations published their research today in the journal Nature.

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"Soybean and other legumes play a critical role in global food security and human health and are used in a wide range of products, from tofu, soy flour, meat substitutes and soy milk to soy oil-based printing ink and biodiesel," said Molly Jahn, USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics.

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"This new information about soybean's genetic makeup could lead to plants that produce more beans that contain more protein and oil, better adapt to adverse environmental conditions, or are more resistant to diseases."

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This sequencing of the soy genome is the culmination of more than 15 years of collaborative research.

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The team used a so-called "whole-genome shotgun" (WGS) approach to sequence 85 percent of the 1.1 billion nucleotide base pairs that spell out soy's entire DNA code.

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The sequence also provides researchers with a critical reference to use in deciphering the genetics of some 20,000 other legume species.

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Geneticists Randy Shoemaker, Perry Cregan, David Hyten, Steven Cannon and David Grant with USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) contributed to the Nature paper.

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Their work involved the creation of genetic markers and the development of the soybean (Glycine max) genetic map that facilitated "anchoring" of the genome sequence to the 20 sets of soybean chromosomes.

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ARS is USDA's principal intramural scientific research agency.

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The Department of Energy's Joint Genome Institute; Purdue University at West Lafayette, Ind.; the University of Missouri at Columbia, and the University of Arizona at Tucson also participated in the soybean sequencing project, which was supported by the United Soybean Board, the National Science Foundation and USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).

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Through federal funding, NIFA invests in science to solve critical issues impacting people's daily lives and the nation's future.

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According to USDA's Shoemaker, who is with the ARS Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit in Ames, Iowa, integrating the new sequence with existing physical and genetic maps of soy will move researchers closer to linking observable physical traits of soy to their associated genes and alleles—alternate versions of genes.

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Ultimately, this will speed the development of new soybean cultivars offering higher seed yields, increased protein and oil contents, better adaptability and improved disease resistance, particularly to Asian soybean rust (ASR), which threatens America's $27 billion soy crop.

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"Overlaying the sequence onto available maps will expedite identification and orientation of genetic markers such as single nucleotide polymorphisms, which are often located near genes that control agronomically important traits," Shoemaker said.

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Using such markers, soy breeders can rapidly determine which offspring plants have inherited these traits without growing them to maturity, saving time, money and resources.

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"We've mapped the locales for about 90 important traits affecting soybean growth and development, seed yield, seed protein and oil, and disease resistance, to name but a few," Shoemaker added.

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"With this high-quality sequence, we now have access to candidate genes that we've never had before, which will enable us to look at their patterns of expression, develop molecular markers to track them in breeding programs, and work with them to determine their function or modify them to improve their function."

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Some key discoveries already gleaned from the whole-genome sequence include the first soybean gene conferring resistance to ASR, which can cause soy losses of 10 to 80 percent; a mutation that could make soybeans easier to digest by producing lower levels of a carbohydrate called stachyose; a mutation for higher levels of production of the enzyme phytase that could enable livestock to absorb more phosphorus from soybean feed so less gets excreted as a potential water contaminant; and 52 genes that orchestrate development of soy plant root nodules, where symbiotic bacteria transform atmospheric nitrogen into a form soy and other crops can use for their growth and development.
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Jan Suszkiw

ars.usda.gov