Buenos Aires updates grain standards to meet Chinese demand, shifting exports from once-dominant US suppliers
Argentina has tightened export standards for sorghum to strengthen sales to China, a move that could add new strain to relations with the United States, once the main supplier of the grain before tariffs upended global trade.
The Agriculture Secretariat issued a resolution on Friday, setting new grading rules based on test weight and limiting impurities, broken kernels and non-grain material.
Exports must now meet minimum weights of 72, 70 and 67 kilograms per hectolitre depending on grade. Cargoes below those levels no longer qualify for standard export certification.
The measure also updated how sorghum is graded to meet foreign feed and processing requirements, according to the resolution, which said the changes would help avoid cargo rejections and strengthen Argentina’s reliability as a supplier.
