According to the official website of the General Administration of Customs on February 24, according to the official website of the General Administration of Customs, according to the relevant laws and regulations of my country and the provisions of the "Supplementary Clauses of the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China and the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation on the Protocol on Phytosanitary Requirements for Wheat Exported to China", Wheat imports from the entire territory of Russia are allowed.

  According to the announcement of the General Administration of Customs:

  1. Russian wheat refers to the spring wheat grown in the territory of the Russian Federation without the occurrence of dwarf smut of wheat for processing purposes only.

  2. Russia shall monitor the quarantine pests of concern to China in wheat export production areas and storage sites in accordance with the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) and relevant international standards, and take comprehensive prevention and control measures.

  At the request of the Chinese side, the Russian side should provide all the above-mentioned monitoring results and information on the prevention and control measures taken.

The Russian side should provide the annual monitoring results of wheat dwarf smut.

  3. Before and during the export of wheat, Russia shall take all possible measures to reduce the risk of quarantine pests of concern to China being introduced into China along with the exported wheat.

If the wheat smut fungus is found, the Russian side should immediately notify the Chinese side and provide relevant information on the affected areas of wheat smut, and suspend the export of wheat from the relevant areas to China.

  4. Before the export of wheat and during transportation, the Russian side shall take measures to sieve and remove impurities to remove soil, plant residues, seeds of dangerous weeds and other impurities.

During storage and transportation, wheat exported to China shall not be mixed with winter wheat or wheat from dwarf smut-affected areas.

  5. To export wheat in bulk, the transportation means specially used for grain transportation shall be used, which can be transported by waterway, railway, road, air, etc.

The delivery of bagged wheat to China is not limited to the means of delivery.

During transportation, food spillage and moisture should be avoided.

The means of transport shall comply with the relevant national phytosanitary regulations.

  6. After the export inspection and quarantine is completed, the Russian side shall issue a phytosanitary certificate conforming to the international phytosanitary measures standard, and indicate in the additional statement: “The consignment of wheat complies with the requirements specified in the Protocol of phytosanitary requirements for wheat exported from the Russian Federation to the People's Republic of China and is free from dwarf bunt of wheat Tilletia controversa JG Kuhn” (this batch of wheat meets the requirements of the Protocol on Phytosanitary Requirements for Russian Wheat Exports to China, and does not contain wheat smut), and the source is indicated at the same time Production area, export storage location, export storage company name and other information.

  7. Other phytosanitary requirements shall be implemented in accordance with the Announcement No. 25 of 2018 of the former General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine.

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