As China Blocks Canadian Farm Exports, Ottawa Looking for New Asian Markets

A canola grower checks on his storage bins full of last year's crop of canola seed on his farm near Cremona, AB, on March 22, 2019. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh

As part of the efforts to deal with China’s ban of shipments of Canadian canola, Ottawa is looking for new markets in Asia for the product, according to International Trade Minister Jim Carr.

China has suspended the licenses of two of Canada’s biggest canola producers, Richardson International and Viterra, and banned canola shipments from Canada over the past few months, claiming that the shipments were contaminated with pests.