China has renewed export licenses for around 400 meat processing plants from the United States, according to a statement released Friday (15) on the website of the General Administration of Customs of China. The change comes a day after… Reuters The news broke that the Chinese agency had suspended export authorizations for these plants. Between March 2020 and April 2021, several licenses for US meatpacking plants expired without automatic renewal, affecting approximately 65% of the facilities previously registered to export to the Chinese market. The issue gained prominence during President Donald Trump's official mission to China, which concluded this Friday, in which the Republican participated in bilateral meetings with Chinese leader Xi Jinping accompanied by executives from major US companies. According to the US Meat Export Federation, the expired registrations have begun to reappear as renewed in the Chinese customs system. The organization also stated that other US meatpacking plants are being registered for export to the Asian country. Despite this, the association informed Reuters that it is still seeking more details about the extent of the authorizations and the criteria adopted by the Chinese authority.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.