Argentine pig will enter the Chinese market «Diario La Capitale de Mar del Plata

Mauricio Macri announced Monday the opening of the Asian pork market by the Asian giant, during a visit in a refrigerator.

The president was accompanied by the secretary of the government of agribusiness, Luis Miguel Etchevehere; and representatives of the Argentine Rural Society (SRA), Daniel Pelegrina; Rural Confederaciones Argentinas (CRA), Darío Chiesa; the Argentine Agrarian Federation (FAA), Carlos Achetoni; and Daniel Kindebaluc, CONINAGRO.

The opening took place as part of the official mission to China by the head of the national agro-industrial portfolio, Luis Miguel Etchevehere, who signed the document with the deputy minister of the General Administration of Agriculture. Customs of this country, LI Guo.

In this sense, the signing of the protocol is the culmination of a long process of negotiations led by the leaders of Agroindustria, Senasa and the Chancellery, and represents a unique opportunity for pig producers. Local, who see China as a window of growth since The country is one of the world's leading consumers and importers.

According to data from the USDA, pork production in China in 2018 reached 54 million tons; while domestic consumption exceeded 55 million tons and per capita consumption was nearly 40 kilograms per year.

The first three slaughterhouses exporting pork were also allowed: La Pompeya, Campo Austral and Paladini.

"Argentina continues its process of intelligent integration to the world.We emphasize the excellent cooperative relationship we have with the Chinese authorities, which creates increased confidence, a better business climate and allows us therefore to obtain concrete results to continue to strengthen our agro-industrial exports, "said Etchevehere on his return from his tour.

"China is now opening its market for imports of quality food products, so there is a unique opportunity to continue increasing our pork exports to the world's largest consumer," said the industry secretary. food.

He added: "The transformation of soy and corn into animal protein creates new jobs for a chain of producers, refrigerators, transporters, veterinarians, agribusiness engineers, trade and feeds a sector. in full recovery ".

On the other hand, Chinese customs has approved the authorization of 22 beef and poultry exporting establishments, which will significantly contribute to the increase of meat exports. In a few years, frozen beef has become the second most exported agro-industrial product to China, worth $ 832 million last year.

Similarly, an agreement protocol was signed to speed up and make predictable the future authorizations of establishments interested in exporting, covering the cattle, poultry, poultry and sheep sectors. With the signing of this memorandum, China, for the first time with a foreign country, concludes an agreement on these features, which values ​​the relationship of mutual trust by allowing Senasa to be the entity that approves and authorizes the exporting factories in live

In addition, a seminar was organized with the Embbady of Argentina in Beijing, the Food and Strategic Reserves Administration and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China entitled "Session dialogue of the soybean flour industry of Argentina and China ". The seminar brought together 40 representatives from 18 companies and chambers related to soybean meal demand in China.

During the seminar, the secretary pointed out "that we are currently exporting to more than 50 countries that recognize us for our quality and safety." Argentine soybean meal is a protein-rich and extremely soluble product, which makes it easy to digest for different types of livestock.

Finally, Etchevehere visited his Minister of Agriculture, Minister HAN Changfu, with whom he signed a protocol of cooperation agreement on pesticides between the two countries, which aims to provide a legal framework to improve the exchange of information between the two countries. SENASA and ICAMA (Institute of Control of Agroquímicos) for the control and registration of the marketing of these products. They also discussed topics of common interest such as biotechnology, seed production and anti-foot-and-mouth vaccines.