With high anti-dumping duties on Thai corn and a shortage of European supplies by next harvest season, it seems that China is not the only profitable producer.

 

The United States, formerly the largest supplier of canned sweet corn to the world, has made some significant progress in the European Union. Similarly, Canada's exports to the United Kingdom have increased significantly.

 

The president of a French manufacturer said it was cheaper (half) for him to ship canned corn from North America to Britain than by road from France. Others did not say that corn in North America is half the price of French corn.

 

France, which has persuaded the European Commission to raise tariffs on Thai corn, as well as the United States and Canada, are competing commercially.

The price of carry-over corn in France is about 0.24-0.25 per retail unit, about a penny cheaper than in the United States. The current tariff in Thailand takes into account the latest tariff, which is about 0.26 pounds / listens.

 

Transgenic control

 

Because of the problem of genetically modified maize, the United States and Canada can not do without corn: some factories are guaranteed to be non-genetically modified, comply with all the rules and indicators, monthly reports, their own quality control tests.

Germany, which strongly opposed the GM position, has certainly counted on the us to fill the supply gap. In January 2007, the country imported 860 tons of U.S. sweet corn, a significant increase over the 30 tons imported in the same month of 2006. 860 tons of 53 containers are installed, and the actual example is almost nothing compared to the volume of exports in Thailand.

 

In January 2007, Britain and Belgium also increased their sweet corn imports from the United States, by 70 per cent compared with January 2006, and Belgium increased from zero to 90 tons.