More than 12 consecutive increases in grain stocks still need to be imported

More than 12 consecutive increases in grain stocks still need to be imported

Chen Zhangliang said in a speech at the forum that China’s total grain output reached 620 million tons last year, achieving a 12-year increase, but the import of food was 120 million tons. The problem of high grain stocks and high imports coexisted, and this situation is still this year. Will continue.

Li Guoxiang, a researcher at the Institute of Rural Development of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that soybeans accounted for a high proportion of imported grain, mainly due to insufficient domestic production. "In 2015, China imported more than 80 million tons of soybeans, which is not enough for domestic production. Domestic production is only over 10 million tons, and domestically produced products are mainly used for protein and soy products. Imports are mainly oil extraction. The main reason for protein feed is the lack of production."

In addition, high domestic food prices are also the main reason for large imports. Chen Zhangliang used corn as an example. He said that although the government spent a lot of money on subsidies, the price of imported corn was still significantly lower than that of domestic corn, which led to a large backlog of domestic corn, which made the industry face severe challenges.

Li Guoxiang believes that one of the reasons for the serious inventory is the large import of corn substitutes. In order to protect the enthusiasm of farmers, the corn temporary storage and storage policy was implemented in the northeast. This year, the policy was abolished. The policy of purchasing and storing is actually to set the price relatively higher than the international market price. Although the interests of farmers are protected and the enthusiasm for growing grain is high, The import of corn substitute products has hit the domestic corn market, resulting in high corn production, and there are still many stocks of imported substitutes.

For the way to crack, Chen Zhangliang believes that although the trend of high inventory and high import will not change much in the next five years, it is still necessary to actively carry out technological innovation, reduce breeding costs and improve processing levels by optimizing breeding and strengthening agricultural machinery. Use big data to guide planting and other means to carry out supply-side reform of agriculture.

(Original title: Grain production is still imported due to large amount of grain in the warehouse)