B6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 25,1981 Chinese grain group to discuss WASHINGTON, D.C. - Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Richard E. Lyng announced a high-level delegation from the Chinese Ministry of Cereals will visit the United States soon to continue discussions on grain trade cooperation begun when a U.S. grain team headed by Lyng visited China last month. Dates have not been set. Lyng said the Chinese visit should provide the framework for further joint efforts that will be necessary to improve China’s grain handling capacity and modernize its baking, milling, livestock and feed processing systems to boost gram use. “Their interest in improving their grain use system is across the-board,” Lyng said. “It includes equipment, technical information and, what I think is most im portant, a desire to work closely with U.S. Industry and the U.S. government to achieve their goals. “We were met with friendliness and sincere warmth at every stop and the Ministry of Cereals readily accepted our invitation for a reciprocal visit,” he said. "I believe Vice Premier Yilm sum med it up well when he said the USDA cooperation with the Ministry of Cereals was off to a good start and that this joint effort has his full support.” The Lyng team of government and private sector grain specialists traveled to China June 22-July 1 to assess technical needs and other needs for expansion of U.S. gram exports. En route from further U,S,-China trade China, Lyng paid courtesy calls on officials in South Korea and Japan, returning to Washington last week. Lyng said the China team met with Vice Premier Yao Yilm, held five sessions with the Ministry ot Cereals, met with seven other government organizations, and visited storage, milling, baking, importing and retail facilities. He said team members and their hosts identified three major constraints to expansion of China’s gram imports. They are: —port facilities and tran sportation capacity, which are likely to limit total gram imports from all sources to roughly 13 million tons a year. —the state of the feed and livestock systems, which lack modem feed milling facilities and livestock production, processmg and marketing expertise. —the lack of a corn-processing industry, which limits demand for com. Lyng said he is recommending to Secretary Block that the problems of port and transportation facilities be addressed through the U.S.- China scientific exchange program and the U.S. Feed Grams Council and U.S. Wheat Associates, Inc. The two gram groups are non profit organizations formed by U.S. producers and traders to work with USDA in foreign market development. Both were represented on the team to China, where both have technical assistance projects under way. Lyng said China will import a total of about 14.5 to 15 million tons ot gram this year, which is just about capacity tor its handling system. The U.S. will supply about 8 million tons, most ot it wheat, which makes up tour-fifths or more ot total Chinese gram imports. "Long-term market expansion will depend tirst on increasing the capacity of Chinese port and transportation systems, and second on our ability to work with the Chinese to increase their use ot wheat and feed grams,” he said Lyng said his suggestion that the programs ot Wheat Associates and the Feed Grams Council m China are expanding rapidly enough to warrant the opening of offices lh„rc met a positive response from Ministry ot Cereals officials. He said there also is opportunity in the future for significant corn imports for industrial use, with the Ministry ot Cereals determined to develop a corn processing industry to produce sweeteners, germ extraction and other food and industrial uses. U.S. grain exports to China last year totaled about 7.8 million tons, including 6.1 million tons of wheat and 1.7 million ot corn. Total U.S. agricultural exports to China in 1980 were $2.2 billion, double the 1979 total. The team was the third in six weeks sent by Secretary Block to countries with high import potential to discuss ways to expand U.S. gram exports with officials ot government and the trade m host countries. The other teams visited Latin America and North Africa. Besides Lyng, the U.S. China team members were E. Thurman Gaskill, chairman ot the U S. Feed Grams Council; Harrell Ridley, vice chairman ot U.S. Wheat Associates, Inc.; Myron Laserson, Continental Gram Co., and LaVern Becker, FarMarCo, representing U.S. gram producers and ex porters and USDA employees Robert Svec, David Culver and Charles Liu. Hog catalog available NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. - A new catalog describing automated and conventional hog equipment manufactured by the Warner Corporation is now available. 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