As part of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's trade mission to China, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, Senator JoAnne Buth and the agriculture delegation visited the Fangchenggang Maple Grain & Oil Industrial Co. Ltd. - a canola crushing joint-venture with Regina-based company Viterra Inc. The canola crush facility opened officially in December 2011 with the help of the largest single Canadian agriculture investment in China - $25 million. Fangchenggang Maple Grain & Oil Industrial Co. Ltd. imports up to $370 million worth of canola annually, providing stability for the Canadian canola market in China.
The Canadian agriculture industry was represented by Stephen Yu (Viterra Inc), Jim Everson (Canola Council of Canada), and Stephen Vandervalk (Grain Growers of Canada).
Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada