Analysis of the reasons for the 9-month extension of the transitional period

Introduction: on Thursday, the news about the extension of the interim agreement on genetically modified organisms for nine months was widely spread At present, it can be judged from the information of various channels that the news should be true So why 9 months instead of 10 or 8 months? The Reuters explanation is that September 2003 is exactly the time of soybean harvest in the United States, but we know that the soybean harvest time in the United States is later than that in China, and it usually enters the stage of centralized harvest in October, so this explanation is obviously not satisfactory According to our judgment, the reason for the extension of 9 months is that according to the official GM regulations, when exporters apply for the official GM safety certificate, the approval time of the Ministry of agriculture is up to 9 months, or 270 days Extension of the GM transition agreement as a result 9 The reason for this is likely to be that, on the one hand, normal trade in foreign genetically modified soybeans will be allowed during the transition period, and on the other hand, the application for formal safety certificate will be considered for acceptance, so as to make a smooth transition after the end of this transition period, so as to avoid the trade interruption caused by the time difference between applying for formal safety certificate and obtaining certificate.