FINAL RESOLUTION IOPD IX, June 16-17, 2006 San Francisco, United States

The undersigned participants of the IOPD from June 16-17, 2006 in San Francisco, California adopt the following declaration:
 
IOPD members wish to develop and promote a sound industry business environment that will allow oilseed producers the opportunity for viable and profitable ongoing returns.
 
IOPD members endorse the framework agreement reached in Geneva in July 2004 and the spirit of the ministerial agreement in Hong Kong December 2005 to conclude a WTO agreement in 2006 that results in both developed and developing countries substantially increasing market access, substantially reducing trade-distorting domestic support, and eliminating export subsidies and other trade-distorting export practices.  IOPD members assume that successful negotiations will lead to higher income for producers of oilseeds and protein plants.
 
IOPD members are aware that countries must be in position to stabilize producer income in times of decreasing prices. The agreed upon WTO – disciplines should be implemented in order to guarantee that safety programs do not distort the market for oilseeds and protein products.
 
IOPD members appreciate the progress achieved in the development of new areas of use for oilseed and protein products, particularly in biodiesel, and support a sustainable development of these environmental friendly products.
 
IOPD welcomes the contribution of these new areas of use to a market stabilization and to higher prices.
 
IOPD members support timely, transparent, and science-based review and approval systems for biotechnology crops and products.
 
IOPD members endorse the harmonization of pesticide/fungicide product registration and Maximum Residue Limits between countries to reduce trade barriers.
 
IOPD members assume that the oilseed sector will be covered during the course of the negotiations, so that producers can benefit from a growing food and non-food market, resulting from a progressing liberalization.
 
IOPD members endorse agricultural production systems that conserve and protect the environment while achieving the high levels of productivity necessary to feed a growing world population and to improve producer profitability.
 

Federation Francaise des Producteurs d’Oleagineux et de Proteagineux (FOP) – France
Union zur Förderung von Oel und Proteinpflanzen E. V. (UFOP) – Germany
National Farmers Union (NFU) – United Kingdom
Canola Council of Canada (CCC) – Canada
Ontario Soybean Growers – Canada
Canadian Canola Growers Association – Canada
American Palm Oil Council – United States / Malaysia
American Soybean Association (ASA) – United States
United Soybean Board (USB) – United States
Confederacao da Agricultura e Pecuaria do Brasil (CNA) – Brazil
Asociación de Productores de Soja, Oleaginosas y Cereales del Paraguay (APS) – Paraguay
Cámara Paraguaya de Exportadores de Cereales y Oleaginosas (CAPECO) – Paraguay
United States Soybean Export Council – United States