AreaChina (Mainland)

Commodity GroupMeat

CommodityAll

Date01/05/2021

Policy CategoryTrade

Policy InstrumentMarket access

DescriptionApproved imports of meat from 31 new US establishments. On 7 April, China had already given permission for imports from 19 other US meat processing plants and, at the same time, halted imports from 5 South American plants due to COVID-19 outbreaks among meat workers and labelling issues. More than 100 establishments from over 20 countries, including Australia, Argentina and the United States, as well as the EU, have so far had to halt shipments to China under this rule, although some have since regained market access.