UK discussed resuming pork supplies to China
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During the covid epidemic, CHINA suspended the EXPORT licenses of three key UK pork plants - Pilgrim's Ashton plant, which has since closed, and Cranswick's Watton and Brechin plants, taken over by Brown Food Group last year, which remain unable to supply pork. To China.
Industry representatives believe the failure to lift the suspension even after any risk of Covid has long passed is politically motivated and are calling on the government to intervene.
Ms Coffey visited China from Tuesday to Thursday this week to support UK food and drink exports and promote international cooperation on environment and wildlife issues.
Particular attention was paid to expanding access to the pork market by lifting the suspension of two pig farms. China is the largest importer of pork products from the UK, with just £200 million sent there in 2022. UK pork exports to China have surged since the outbreak of African swine fever, reaching £280 million in 2022.