Argentina will export pork to China for the first time

President Mauricio Macri announced Monday that for the first time in its history, Argentina will start exporting pork in China. The news was announced during a visit to the La Pompeya refrigerator, located in the city of Marcos Paz, in Buenos Aires.

For the government, it is about an "unprecedented opportunity" for domestic producers, since he stressed that they would be able to multiply the volume of their exports and increase employment in the sector.

"They want to buy us because They trust the relationship we have developed over these years and they believe in the quality of our products and know that we will comply, "said the president about the approval of the Asian country.

This agreement with China, the world's largest consumer of pork, was closed last week after an Argentine delegation chaired by Agroindustria Secretary Luis Miguel Etchevehere signed the agreement with the Deputy Minister of the General Administration of Customs of this country. country, Li Guo.

For the marketing process, the Asian giant allowed the operation of the first three refrigeration plants Exporters of pork: La Pompeya, Campo Austral and Paladini. In turn, he endorsed the fact that 22 establishments exported bovine and avian meat.

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

The dynamics of trade relations with China

Last December, the government signed 30 trade agreements with the Asian giant, an impetus that transformed China in one of the biggest investors of our country.

Among the agreements signed were the return of soybean oil exports, the shipment of blueberries, the extension of the San Martín Cargas railway to Mendoza and the completion of the highway leading to the national road 5. direction of La Pampa.

After the meeting that the two presidents had in 2018, Macri felt that these agreements would generate a "different dynamic, based on increased confidence". Xi Jinping described the bilateral meeting as "very productive" in the pursuit of "common growth".