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Ag minister leaves for China

BC’s minister of agriculture is off to China today (Thurs) for the next 10 days.
Norm Letnick says there are one point 3 billion people in China making it an important market for BC commodities which he will be highlighting….
Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz is leading the junket and says China accounted for more than 5 point 6 billion dollars in Canadian agri-food and seafood exports in 2013, but there’s more work to do.
Sharon Vanhouwe
Sharon Vanhouwe
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