China is scheduled to launch corn futures trading as of September 22 on the Dalian Commodity Exchange in Dalian, a port city in northeast part of the country, according to the latest edition of Shanghai Securities News.

The exchange Friday issued a notice on the scheduled trading, according to the Shanghai-based newspaper.

The designated sites where corn is to be traded are the port city and Yingkou in Liaoning province.

Northeast China, including the provinces of Jilin, Heilongjiang and Liaoning, are the major corn-producing areas of the country.