Rapeseed temporary storage policy comes to a crossroads

Under the current temporary storage policy of rapeseed, all kinds of expenses and even losses incurred from acquisition, processing to storage and sale of rapeseed are finally borne by the state. With the continuous increase in the number of pre-stored rapeseed, the national financial burden is getting heavier and heavier.

In late May, it is the season for the opening of rapeseed in the south, but the oil processing enterprises in the main producing areas of rapeseed are generally facing operational difficulties. During an interview with a large oil processing enterprise in Jingzhou City, Hubei Province, a reporter from the Economic Daily saw that more than 10 oil tanks were filled with temporary oil storage, while the enterprise was shutting down production due to operational difficulties. As a well-known brand oil processing enterprise in the local area, it can only survive by collecting, processing and storing rapeseed oil to earn processing subsidies and storage costs. When the person in charge of this enterprise was interviewed by the reporter, there was some anxiety in his voice.

The reporter interviewed many people in the industry in this survey, and they are generally worried about the difficulties faced by the development of the domestic rapeseed industry. The upside-down price of rapeseed at home and abroad is the primary problem faced by oil processing enterprises. Rapeseed temporary storage policy has been implemented in China for many years, which effectively protects the enthusiasm of farmers to plant rapeseed and promotes the development of rapeseed production. However, in recent years, due to the continued weakness of the edible oil market, the international rapeseed price continues to decline, while the domestic rapeseed price has remained high, and far higher than the international price. Due to the upside-down prices at home and abroad and the upside down of purchase and sale prices, it is difficult for domestic oil processing enterprises to carry out self-operated acquisitions. Most of the rapeseed are purchased in temporary storage and converted into national inventory after processing into rapeseed oil.

At the same time, under the current rapeseed storage policy, all kinds of expenses and even losses from acquisition, processing to storage and sale of rapeseed are finally borne by the state. With the continuous increase in the number of stored rapeseed, the national financial burden is getting heavier and heavier.

Moreover, the reporter also saw a large number of edible oil processed with imported soybeans at the Jingzhou Grain and Oil Wholesale Market in Hubei Province. Although the state stipulates that imported rapeseed oil can not enter the main rapeseed producing areas, a large number of imported soybean oil enters the main rapeseed producing areas market, which has a great impact on the rapeseed oil market. On the one hand, a large amount of domestic rapeseed oil is put into oil tanks, and on the other hand, a large number of low-priced foreign oil is entering China. The import of soybeans has exceeded 70 million tons, and the import of rapeseed has increased year by year. Last year, rapeseed imports were 5.081 million tons, an increase of 38.7 percent over the same period last year.

Chen Yanjun, a senior analyst at Zhengzhou Grain Wholesale Market, believes that the temporary storage policy plays a certain role in protecting farmers' planting income. However, the temporary storage policy has pushed up the price of domestic rapeseed, increased the operating costs of domestic oil processing enterprises, and stimulated the import of foreign low-cost rapeseed. As a result, the market share of domestic rapeseed and rapeseed oil has further shrunk.

Kang Xia, an associate researcher at the Scientific Research Institute of the State Grain Administration, believes that this price mechanism is out of touch with the international market, and because of the lag of the policy, the policy is inflexible and cannot adapt to the current changes in the international and domestic markets. The linkage between China's oil market and the international market is getting stronger and stronger, and the international market has more and more influence on the domestic market. How to adapt the rapeseed acquisition policy to the changes of domestic and foreign markets is a big problem facing the rapeseed industry at present.

Experts suggest whether the state can follow the method of implementing the target price subsidy policy for two major agricultural products, soybean and cotton, and pilot this policy in Hubei and some major rapeseed producing areas. In this way, it not only returns the market to enterprises, but also protects the interests of rapeseed growers. However, some enterprise officials said that over the years, the domestic rapeseed industry has become dependent on the temporary storage policy, and the adjustment and change of the temporary storage policy will affect the nerves of all kinds of enterprises in the industrial chain. Even if the temporary storage policy is adjusted, there will still be a long period of policy inertia, and the government must strengthen top-level design and create a fair policy environment, so that large-scale and reputable brand enterprises can give full play to their competitive advantages.

In fact, before that, China had implemented the acquisition method of "market support acquisition + state subsidy + enterprise self-management" for a period of time. This method of collection and storage is that in addition to China stored Grain as the main body of rapeseed acquisition, COFCO, COFCO, China Textile, and local oil processing leading enterprises are also introduced to jointly participate in the market purchase. The central government gives entrusted enterprises an one-time subsidy of 0.1 yuan per jin, no longer bear any costs, and the enterprises process the acquired rapeseed into rapeseed oil and sell them on their own, bearing their own profits and losses. However, this acquisition method was cancelled for various reasons after it was implemented for a period of time.

"this acquisition method has opened up a new idea of policy-oriented grain collection and storage, and organically combined the national policy guidance with the market mechanism, not only arousing the enthusiasm of farmers to grow rapeseed, but also helping domestic oil processing enterprises to master sufficient processing raw materials to ensure market supply. In addition, the state only undertakes one-off subsidies, reducing the financial burden of the state. " Gong Wei, director of the Policy and regulations Department of the Hubei Provincial Grain Bureau, said in an interview.