[fullwidth background_color=”” background_image=”” background_parallax=”none” enable_mobile=”no” parallax_speed=”0.3″ background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” video_url=”” video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_webm=”” video_mp4=”” video_ogv=”” video_preview_image=”” overlay_color=”” overlay_opacity=”0.5″ video_mute=”yes” video_loop=”yes” fade=”no” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding_top=”20″ padding_bottom=”20″ padding_left=”0″ padding_right=”0″ hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” menu_anchor=”” class=”” id=””][title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”underline solid” sep_color=”#000000″ margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” class=”” id=””]Syngenta says grain companies have only themselves to blame for the market share lost in China over shipments that contained unapproved corn varieties[/title][fusion_text]Friday, November 20th 2015
In the latest twist of a long-running legal battle, biotech giant Syngenta says grain companies have only themselves to blame for the market share lost in China over shipments that contained unapproved corn varieties. The filing, a third-party complaint filed by Syngenta Thursday in U.S. district court in Kansas, contends that Cargill, ADM, Express Grain Terminal, and Rail Transfer Inc. are responsible for the comingling of the corn with the Viptera and Duracade traits. U.S. District Judge John Lungstrum ruled in September that farmers and other stakeholders could continue pursuing some of their claims against Syngenta due to the inter-connected nature of the corn market. Syngenta may be responsible for the “timing, manner, and scope” of the commercialization of the two seed varieties in question and making sure that putting those varieties to market would not prove costly, he wrote. The producer lawsuit stems from lost Chinese market share after exports of U.S. corn to the country were shut down due to China’s lack of approval of the Viptera (MIR 162) product. Syngenta had received approval to sell Viptera and Duracade seed in the United States, but China took about four years before approving Viptera in December 2014, and Duracade is still awaiting approval. According to a study by the National Grain and Feed Association, U.S. producers and exporters lost an estimated $2.9 billion due to the uncertain trade environment in China.
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